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Vocab Builder28
superannuated-transcribe
| definition | word |
|---|---|
| retired on pension because of age | superannuated |
| contemtuous; haughty | superlicious |
| trvial; shallow | superficial |
| excess; overabundance | superfluity |
| cause to be set aside; replace | supersede |
| lying on back | supine |
| extreating; besseching | suppliant |
| petition humble; pray to grant a faavor | supplicate |
| assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical | suppositious |
| cessation | surcease |
| clow; overfeed | surfeit |
| rude; cross | surly |
| guess | surmise |
| secret | surreptitious |
| watching; guarding | surveillance |
| means of support, food, nourishment | sustenance |
| wrap around; bandage | swathe |
| be oppressed by heat | swelter |
| pertaining to the woods; restic | sylvan |
| similarly timed; simultaneous | synchronous |
| combining parts into a whole | synthesis |
| artificial; resulting from synthesis | synthetic |
| understood; not put into words | tacit |
| habitually silent; talking little | taciturn |
| pertaining to the organs or sense of touch | tactile |
| contaminated; corrupt | tanted |
| charm | talisman |
| tease; torture with disappoinment | tantalize |
| fit of petulance; caprice | tantrum |
| needlessly repetitious | tautological |
| cheap and gaudy | tawdry |
| boredom; weariness | tedium |
| boldness; rashness | temerity |
| speed of music | tempo |
| not lasting forever; limited by time; secular | temporal |
| avoid committing oneself; gain time | temporize |
| holding fast | tenacious |
| doctrine; dogma | tenet |
| provisional; experimental | tenative |
| thin; rare; slim | tenuous |
| holding of an office; time during which such an office is held | tenure |
| lukewarm | tepid |
| last stop of railroad | terminus |
| on the earth | terrestrial |
| concise; abrupt; pithy | terse |
| third | tertiary |
| irritable; short-tempered | testy |
| tie with rope | tether |
| government of a community by religious leaders | theocracy |
| curative | therapeutic |
| pertaining to heat | thermal |
| slave; bandage | thrall |
| song of lamentation; dirge | threnody |
| violent anguish | throes |
| strangle | throttle |
| baffle; frustrate | thwart |
| lack of self-confidence or courage | timidirt |
| drink frequently | tipple |
| extended scolding; denunciation | tirade |
| gigantic | titanic |
| tax of one-tenth | thithe |
| nominal holding of title without obligations | titular |
| flatter for favors | toady |
| roman outer robe | toga |
| large valume | tome |
| physical features of region | topography |
| dormant; dull; lethargic | torpid |
| trunk of stature with head and lumbs missing; human trunk | torso |
| winding; full of curves | torturous |
| sensitive; irascible | touchy |
| poisonous | toxic |
| pamphlet; a region of indefinite size | tract |
| docile | tractable |
| expose to slander | traduce |
| calmness; peace | tranquility |
| exceed; surpass | transcend |
| copy | transcribe |
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