| Term | Definition |
|---|
| subliminal | below the threshold |
| submissive | yielding; timid |
| subordinate | occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive |
| suborn | persuade to act unlawfully ( especially to commit perjury) |
| subpoena | a writ requiring appearance in court to give testimony. |
| subsequent | following; later |
| subservient | behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious |
| subside | settle down; descent; grow quiet |
| subsidiary | subordinate; secondary |
| subsidy | direct financial aid by the government, etc |
| subsistence | existence; means of support; livelihood |
| substantial | ample; solid; essential or fundamental |
| substantiate | establish by evidence; verify; support |
| substantive | essential; pertaining to the substance |
| subsume | include; encompass |
| subterfuge | pretense; evasion |
| subtlety | perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy |
| subversive | tending to overthrow; destructive |
| succinct | brief; terse; compact |
| succor | aid; assist; comfort |
| succulent | juicy; full of richness |
| succumb | yield; give in; die |
| suffragist | advocate of voting rights ( for women) |
| suffuse | spread over |
| sully | tarnish; soil |
| sultry | sweltering |
| summation | act of finding the total; summary |
| sumptuous | lavish; rich |
| sunder | separate; part |
| sundry | various; several |
| superannuated | retired or disqualified because of age |
| supercilious | arrogant; condescending; patronizing |
| supererogatory | superfluous; more than needed or demanded |
| superficial | trivial; shallow |
| superfluous | excessive; overabundant; unnecessary |
| superimpose | place over something else |
| supernumerary | person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra |
| supersede | cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete |
| supine | lying on back |
| supplant | replace; usurp |
| supple | flexible; pliant |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly; entreating; beseeching |
| supplicate | petition humbly; pray to grant a favor |
| supposition | hypothesis; surmise |
| supposititious | assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical |
| suppress | stifle; overwhelm; subdue; inhibit |
| surfeit | satiate; stuff; indulge in excess in anything |
| surly | rude; cross |
| surmise | guess |
| surmount | overcome |
| surpass | exceed |
| surreptitious | secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden |
| surrogate | substitute |
| surveillance | watching; guarding |
| susceptible | impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to |
| sustain | experience; support; nourish |
| sustenance | means of support, food; nourishment |
| suture | stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing |
| swarthy | dark; dusky |
| swathe | wrap around; bandage |
| swelter | be oppressed by heat |
| swerve | deviate; turn aside sharply |
| swill | drink greedily |
| swindler | cheat |
| sybarite | lover of luxury |
| sycophant | servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man |
| syllogism | logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument |
| sylvan | pertaining to the woods; rustic |
| symbiosis | interdependent relationship ( between species), often mutual beneficial |
| symmetry | arrangements of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity |
| synchronous | similarly timed; simultaneous with |
| synoptic | providing a general overview; summary |
| synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
| synthetic | artificial; resulting from synthesis |
| tacit | understood; not put into words |
| taciturn | habitually silent; talking little |
| tactile | pertaining to the organs or sense of touch |
| taint | contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad |
| talisman | charm |
| talon | claw of birds |
| tangential | peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing |
| tangible | able to be touched; real; palpable |
| tanner | person who turns animal hides into leather |
| tantalize | tease; torture with disappointment |
| tantamount | equivalent in effect or value |
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