| Term | Definition |
|---|
| soggy | heavy with water |
| solvent | of the power of forming a solution |
| somatic | of the body |
| soot | black powder in smoke |
| sophisticated | complex subtle refined |
| sophistry | fallacious reasoning faulty logic |
| sophomoric | self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown |
| soporific | producing sleep |
| sordid | wretched comfortless contemptible |
| spear | weapon with a metal point on a long shaft |
| specious | illogical of questionable truth or merit |
| splenetic | bad-tempered irritable |
| splice | join (two ends) |
| sponge | porous rubber for washing live at once expense |
| spurious | FALSE counterfeit |
| spurn | have nothing to do reject or refuse |
| squalid | foul filthy |
| squander | spend wastefully |
| squat | crouch/settle without permission |
| stanch | to stop the flow of a fluid |
| steeply | rising or falling sharply |
| stentorian | extremely loud and powerful |
| stickler | person who insists on importance of something |
| stigma | mark of shame or disgrace |
| stigmatize | describe smb scornfully |
| sting | something sharp |
| stingy | spending using unwillingly |
| stint | to be thrifty to set limits |
| stipple | paint with dots |
| stipulate | state or put forward as a necessary condition |
| stolid | showing no emotion impassive |
| stray | wander lose one's way |
| streak | long thin move very fast |
| striated | striped grooved or banded |
| stride | walk with long steps |
| strut | a supporting bar |
| stygian | hence dark gloomy |
| stymie | to hinder obstruct or block |
| subdue | overcome bring under control |
| sublime | extreme astounding |
| submerge | put under water liquid sink out of sight |
| suborn | induce by bribery or something to commit perjury |
| subpoena | written order requiring a person to appear in a low court |
| substantiation | giving facts to support (statement) |
| subsume | include under a rule |
| succor | assistance relief in time of distress |
| suffice | be enough |
| suffocate | cause or have difficulty in breathing |
| sullied | to be stained or discredited |
| summarily | briefly without delay |
| sumptuous | magnificent |
| sundry | various miscellaneous separate |
| supercilious | disdainful characterized by haughty scorn |
| superfluous | more then is needed or wanted |
| superimpose | put something on the top |
| supersede | take the place of |
| supine | lying on the back slow to act passive |
| suppliant | asking humbly beseeching |
| supplicate | make a humble petition to |
| suppress | prevent from being known put an end to |
| surcharge | additional load/charge |
| surfeit | satiate feed to fulness or to excess |
| susceptibility | sensitiveness |
| swerve | change direction suddenly |
| sycophant | person who flatter to the rich and powerful |
| synopsis | summary or outline |
| taciturn | untalkative silent |
| tadpole | form of a frog when it leaves the egg |
| talon | claw of a bird of prey |
| tamp | tap or drive down by repeated light blows |
| tamper | interfere with |
| tangential | suddenly changeable |
| tarnished | lost brightness |
| tassel | bunch of threads |
| taunt | contemptuous reproach hurtful remark |
| taut | tightly stretched |
| tautology | a repetition a redundancy |
| tawdry | cheap gaudy showy tacky |
| teetotal | oppose to alcohol |
| telltale | That gives warning or information |
| temerity | boldness brashness intrepidness |
| temperance | abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation |
| temperate | showing self-control |
| tenacity | firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on |
| tenuous | insubstantial flimsy weak |
| tepid | lukewarm |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| testiness | witness/evidence |
| thrift | care economy thriving prosperous |
| thwart | obstruct/frustrate |
| timid | shy easily frightened |
| timorous | fearful timid afraid |
| toady | obsequious flatterer |
| tonic | something giving strength or energy |
| topple | be unsteady and overturn |
| torment | severe pain or suffering |
| torpid | sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant |
| torque | twisting force causing rotation |
| tortuous | devious/not straightforward |
| tout | person who worries others to buy something to use his service |
| tractable | easily controlled or guided |
| transgress | break go beyond (a limit) |
| transient | temporary fleeting |
| transitory | brief |
| travesty | parody/imitation |
| trenchant | forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive |
| trepidation | alarm excited state of mind |
| trickle | flow in drops |
| trifling | unimportant |
| trite | not new |
| truce | (agreement) stop of fighting for a time |
| truculence | aggressiveness ferocity |
| trudge | walk heavily |
| turbid | muddy having the sediment stirred up |
| turbulence | being uncontrolled violent |
| turgid | excessively ornate swollen or bloated |
| turmoil | trouble disturbance |
| turpitude | wickedness shamefulness |
| turquoise | greenish-blue precious stone |
| tyro | tiro beginner |
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