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Word list 45

Barron's GRE wordlist 45

QuestionAnswer
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 person who 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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