| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Succor | relief help aid assistance |
| Suffuse | to spread over or through to diffuse |
| Supercilious | arrogant haughty |
| Supplant | to displace or supersede to take the place of another |
| Surreptitious | obtained done by stealth secret or unauthorized |
| Taciturn | inclined to silence reserved in speech reluctant to join in conversation |
| Tactile | connected with the sense of touch |
| Talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortunes |
| Tempestuous | characterized by or subject to tempests tumultuous turbulent |
| Tractable | easily managed docile yielding |
| Translucent | permitting the passage of light |
| Travail | painfully difficult or burdensome work toil |
| Trite | lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive rept4etition |
| Truculent | fierce cruel savagely brutal |
| Ubiquitous | seemingly everywhere pervasive |
| Underling | a subordinate especially one of slight importance |
| Urbane | having the polish regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities |
| Usurp | to illegally seize power property or position |
| Vacillate | to sway unsteadily to waver in mind or opinion |
| Vanguard | the leaders of any intellectual or political movement the foremost division of an army |
| Veracity | habitual observance of truth in speech or statement truthfulness |
| Viable | capable of living practicable workable |
| Vicarious | felt or enjoyed though imagined participation in the experience of others |
| Viscous | of a glutinous nature or consistency sticky thick |
| Watershed | a very important event |
| Prodigy | a person with extraordinary talents; a gifted child |
| Pusillanimous | lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid |
| Quagmire | a bog or situation from which extrication is very difficult |
| Quench | to satisfy, slake, extinguish (thirst, desires or passion) |
| Ransack | to search closely and carefully; to turn upside down |
| Raucous | harsh, jarring sound; blaring |
| Rebuke | to criticize sharply; to reprimand; to berate |
| Recalcitrant | resisting authority or control; refractory |
| Rectitude | great integrity or moral uprightness; honesty |
| Recuperate | to return to health |
| Redoubtable | formidable; worthy of respect |
| Regime | a system/ method of government or rule |
| Relevant | related to the matter at hand |
| Reverberate | to reecho or resound |
| Revile | to attack with cruel language; call bad names |
| Sallow | unhealthy or yellowish in color or complexion |
| Saturate | to soak thoroughly; to drench |
| Savory | appetizing to the taste/smell |
| Scrupulous | giving strict attention to what is right; exact and careful |
| Seraphic | angelic |
| Sinew | a tendon; vigorous strength; force |
| Soporific | causing sleep; drowsy |
| Specious | untrue; spurious |
| Sporadic | occurring occasionally, infrequently, irregularly |
| Spurious | falsified; fake and thus not genuine |
| Squalor | filth and misery |
| Stanch | to stop the flow of blood from a wound |
| Staunch | firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty |
| Stipulate | to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement |
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