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subliminal--tantamount
Question | Answer |
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subliminal | below the threshold |
suborn | persuade to act unlawfully |
subpoena | writ summoning a witness to appear |
subservient | behaving like a slave;servile;obsequious |
subsistence | existence;means of support |
substantiate | establish by evidence |
subsume | include;encompass |
subterfuge | pretense;evasion;pretend;deceptive |
subtlety | perceptiveness;delicacy;ingenuity |
subversive | tending to overthrow;destructive |
succinct | brief;terse;compact |
succor | aid;asist;comfort |
succulent | juicy;full of richness |
suffragist | advocate of voting rights(of women) |
suffuse | spread over |
sully | tarnish;soil |
sultry | sweltering |
sumptuous | lavish;rich |
sunder | separate;part |
sundry | various;several |
superannuated | retired or disqualified becoz of age |
supercilious | arrogant;condescending;patronising |
supererogatory | superfluous;more than needed or demanded |
supernumerary | person or thing in excess of what is necessary |
supplant | replace;usurp |
supple | flexible;pliant |
suppliant | ask humbly & earnestly;entreating;beeseching |
supplicate | petition humbly;pray to grant a favor |
supposition | hypothesis;surmise |
surfeit | satiate;stuff;indulge to excess in anything |
surly | rude;cross |
surreptitious | secret;furtive;sneaky;hidden |
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,minor premise & a conclusion |
sylvan | pertaining to woods;rustic |
tacit | understood;not put to words |
taciturn | habitually silent;talking little |
taint | contaminate;cause to lose purity;modify with trace of something bad |
talisman | charm |
talon | claw of bird |
tangible | able to be touched |
tanner | person who turns animal hides into leather |
tantalize | tease;torture with disappointment |
tantamount | equivalent in effect or value |