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subliminal--tantamount
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |