GRE Master Words XVI
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Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 Superannuated (adj) | retired or disqualified because of age |
| Supercilious (adj) | arrogant; condescending |
| Supererogatory (adj) | supernumerary; superfluous |
| Supernumerary (n) | supererogatory; extra |
| Supine (adj) | lying on back |
| Supplant (v) | usurp; replace |
| Suppliant (adj) | beseeching; entreating |
| Supplicate (v) | petition humbly |
| Surfeit (v) | satiate; stuff |
| Sustain (v) | experience; support; nourish |
| Swarthy (adj) | dark; dusky |
| Swathe (v) | wrap-around; bandage |
| Swill (v) | drink greedily |
| Sybarite (n) | lover of luxury |
| Syllogism (n) | deceptive/ specious argument; logical formula consisting of a major and minor premise and conclusion |
| Sylvan (adj) | rustic; pertaining to the woods |
| Synthesis (v) | combing parts into whole |
| Tantamount (adj) | equivalent in effect or value |
| Taper (n) | candle |
| Temerity (n) | boldness; rashness |
| Temporal (adj) | not lasting forever; wordly |
| Temporize (v) | act evasively to gain time; avoid committing oneself |
| Tendentious (adj) | having an aim, biased; designed to further a cause |
| Tender (v) | offer; extend |
| Tensile (adj) | capable of being stretched |
| Tepid (adj) | lukewarm |
| Tesselated (adj) | inlaid; mosaic |
| Testator (n) | maker of a will |
| Thrall (n) | slave; slavery |
| Tiller (n) | handle used to move boat's rudder |
| Titillate (v) | tickle |
| Titular (adj) | having the title of an office without the obligations |
| Toady (n) | servile flatterer |
| Tonsure (n) | shaving of the head, esp. by persons entering religious orders |
| Torrent (n) | rushing stream; flood |
| Torrid (adj) | passionate; hot or scorching |
| Torso (n) | trunk of statue with head and limbs missing |
| Touchstone (n) | stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion |
| Tout (v) | publicize; praise excessively |
| Tract (n) | pamphlet; a region of undefinite size |
| Traduce (v) | expose to slander |
| Transpire (v) | be revealed; happen |
| Transport (n) | strong emotion |
| Trappings (n) | outward decorations; ornaments |
| Travesty (n) | harshly distorted imitation; parody |
| Treatise (n) | article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly |
| Trenchant (adj) | forceful and vigorous; cutting |
| Tribulation (n) | distress; suffering |
| Tribunal (n) | court of justice |
| Tryst (n) | appointed meeting |
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