Word List 35

Question 1

studied

Answer 1

carefully considered or prepared; thoughtful
knowledgeable, learned
produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; calculated

e.g. a studied response
studied indifference

Question 2

stultify

Answer 2

to cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical
to impair, invalidate, or make ineffective; negate

e.g. Menial work can stultify the mind.

Question 3

stunt

Answer 3

to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of
a check in growth
an unusual or difficult feat requiring great skill or daring

e.g. Brutal treatment in childhood stunted his personality.

Question 4

stupor

Answer 4

a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
a state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock; daze

e.g. a drunk stupor
in a stupor of fatigue

Question 5

stygian

Answer 5

extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding

e.g. lost in the stygian reaches of the deep forest

Question 6

stylus

Answer 6

an instrument for writing, marking, or incising

Question 7

stymie

Answer 7

to present an obstacle to; stand in the way of

e.g. stymied by red tape

Question 8

subjugate

Answer 8

to bring under control and governance as a subject; conquer
to make submissive; subdue

e.g. Fashion can summon the strange, can subjugate the body and render it alien just as readily as it can highlight every curve.

Question 9

subliminal

Answer 9

inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception
existing or functioning below the threshold of consciousness

e.g. The studio denied the existence of subliminal messages in the movie.
subliminal advertising

Question 10

suborn

Answer 10

to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing
to induce to commit perjury; also, to obtain perjured from a witness

e.g. suborn the press and blind the eyes of the people

Question 11

subsidiary

Answer 11

furnishing aid or support; auxiliary
of secondary importance
of, relating to, or constituting a subsidy

e.g. subsidiary details
a subsidiary payment to an ally

Question 12

substantiate

Answer 12

to give substance or form to; embody
to establish by proof or competent evidence; verify

e.g. substantiate a charge

Question 13

substantive

Answer 13

being a totally independent entity
real rather than apparent; firm
essential
substantial

e.g. These charges are more symbolic than substantive.
made substantive progress / substantive discussion among the world leaders

Question 14

subsume

Answer 14

to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive; encompass as a subordinate or component element

e.g. Red, green, and yellow are subsumed under the term “color”.

Question 15

subterfuge

Answer 15

deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
a deceptive device or stratagem

e.g. Delving into why this slaughter never happened uncovers a story of spy-craft, subterfuge and tightly-kept secrets.

Question 16

succor

Answer 16

relief, aid, help
to go to the aid of; relieve

e.g. give succor to those in need
Love is always mighty to succor the weak-hearted.

Question 17

suffice

Answer 17

to meet or satisfy a need; be sufficient (oft. used with an impersonal it)
to be competent or capable

e.g. A brief note will suffice (them).
Suffice it to say that they are dedicated and serious.

Question 18

suffuse

Answer 18

to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light; flush, fill

e.g. The northern horizon was suffused with a deep red glow.

Question 19

sulky

Answer 19

angry or upset

Question 20

sullen

Answer 20

gloomily or resentful silent or repressed
dismal, gloomy
moving sluggishly

e.g. a sullen crowd / countenance / morning
a sullen river

Question 21

sumptuous

Answer 21

extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent

e.g. sumptuous banquets

Question 22

sunder

Answer 22

to break apart in two; separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space

e.g. a family sundered by scandal

Question 23

supercilious

Answer 23

coolly and patronizingly haughty

e.g reacted to their breach of etiquette with a supercilious smile

Question 24

superfluous

Answer 24

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; extra
not needed; unnecessary

e.g. clear off all the superfluous stuff to make room

Question 25

superintend

Answer 25

to have or exercise the charge and oversight of; direct

Question 26

supersede

Answer 26

to cause to be set aside
to take the place or position of

e.g. Sport does have this incredible power to supersede current affairs and politics.

Question 27

supine

Answer 27

lying on the back or with the face upward
exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity; especially, mentally or morally slack

e.g. a supine legislature that is afraid to take action

Question 28

supplant

Answer 28

to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery

e.g. waiting in the shadows to shank and supplant their revelry-addled elders

Question 29

suppliant

Answer 29

humbly imploring; entreating
expressing supplication

e.g. the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance

Question 30

supplicate

Answer 30

to make a humble entreaty

e.g. But not from them will I supplicate that which is mine by right.
supplicate for acceptance

Question 31

surfeit

Answer 31

an overabundant supply; excess
an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something
also

e.g. a surfeit of volunteers
surfeited ourselves on raw oysters

Question 32

surmise

Answer 32

conjecture
to form a notion of from scanty evidence; imagine, infer

e.g. surmise that…

Question 33

surmount

Answer 33

to prevail over; overcome

e.g. surmount an obstacle

Question 34

surreptitious

Answer 34

done, made, or acquired by stealth; clandestine
acting or doing something clandestinely; stealthy

e.g. a surreptitious relationship
a surreptitious glance

Question 35

svelte

Answer 35

slender, lithe
urbane, suave

e.g. a svelte figure

Question 36

sweltering

Answer 36

oppressively hot

Question 37

swill

Answer 37

wash, drench
to drink great drafts of; guzzle

e.g. swill the floor with buckets of water
swill beer

Question 38

sybarite

Answer 38

voluptuary, sensualist

e.g. It is the Spartan, not the Sybarite, who is capable of heroic deeds.

Question 39

sycophant

Answer 39

a servile self-seeking flatterer

e.g. When her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often mistook sycophants for true friends.

Question 40

synchronous

Answer 40

happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time

Question 41

synergic

Answer 41

working together; cooperating

e.g. synergic muscles

Question 42

synopsis

Answer 42

a condensed statement or outline; abstract

e.g. a synopsis of the movie

Question 43

tacit

Answer 43

expressed or carried on without words or speech
implied or indicated but not actually expressed

e.g. a tacit answer
tacit consent / tacit admission of guilt

Question 44

taciturn

Answer 44

temperamentally disinclined to talk

e.g. a taciturn man, never initiating a conversation

Question 45

tacky

Answer 45

somewhat sticky to the touch; adhesive
shabby, seedy
not having or exhibiting good taste

e.g. tacky varnish
a tacky town whose citrus groves were blighted by smoke
a tacky publicity stunt / a tacky outfit

Question 46

tackle

Answer 46

a set of equipment used in a particular activity; gear

an assemblage of ropes and pulleys arranged to gain mechanical advantage or hoisting and pulling