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succumb |
To cease to resist. |
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sufferance |
Toleration. |
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sufficiency |
An ample or adequate supply. |
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suffrage |
The right or privilege of voting. |
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suffuse |
To cover or fill the surface of. |
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suggestible |
That can be suggested. |
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suggestive |
Stimulating to thought or reflection. |
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summary |
An abstract. |
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sumptuous |
Rich and costly. |
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superabundance |
An excessive amount. |
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superadd |
To add in addition to what has been added. |
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superannuate |
To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service. |
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superb |
Sumptuously elegant. |
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supercilious |
Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt. |
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superficial |
Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious. |
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superfluity |
That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed. |
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superfluous |
Being more than is needed. |
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superheat |
To heat to excess. |
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superintend |
To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. |
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superintendence |
Direction and management. |
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superintendent |
One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. |
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superlative |
That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence. |
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supernatural |
Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power. |
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supernumerary |
Superfluous. |
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supersede |
To displace. |
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supine |
Lying on the back. |
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supplant |
To take the place of. |
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supple |
Easily bent. |
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supplementary |
Being an addition to. |
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supplicant |
One who asks humbly and earnestly. |
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supplicate |
To beg. |
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supposition |
Conjecture. |
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suppress |
To prevent from being disclosed or punished. |
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suppressible |
Capable of being suppressed. |
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suppression |
A forcible putting or keeping down. |
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supramundane |
Supernatural. |
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surcharge |
An additional amount charged. |
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surety |
Security for payment or performance. |
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surfeit |
To feed to fullness or to satiety. |
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surmise |
To conjecture. |
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surmount |
To overcome by force of will. |
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surreptitious |
Clandestine. |
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surrogate |
One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another. |
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surround |
To encircle. |
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surveyor |
A land-measurer. |
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susceptibility |
A specific capability of feeling or emotion. |
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susceptible |
Easily under a specified power or influence. |
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suspense |
Uncertainty. |
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suspension |
A hanging from a support. |
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suspicious |
Inclined to doubt or mistrust. |
