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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stamina | staying power |
| stanch | check the flow of |
| stanza | a section of a poem |
| stark | real; unadorned |
| static | unchanging; stationary; not moving |
| stationary | not moving |
| statute | law |
| steadfast | loyal |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| stereotype | fixed representation; not original |
| sterling | outstanding |
| stigma | mark of disgrace |
| stilted | pompous; inflated |
| stint | assigned amount of work |
| stipend | pay for services |
| stipulate | special condition or demand |
| stoic | indifferent to pleasure or pain |
| stolid | dull; unemotional |
| stratagem | deceptive scheme |
| strew | scatter |
| striated | parallel bands; grooved |
| stricture | critical comments |
| strident | loud and harsh |
| stringent | binding; rigid; harsh; strict |
| strut | pompous walk or supporting bar |
| stultify | cause to appear foolish |
| stupefy | to make dull |
| stygian | gloomy; deathly |
| stymie | to block or stump |
| suave | smooth |
| subjective | personal |
| subjugate | to conquer; bring under control |
| sublimate | purify |
| sublime | exalted; noble |
| subliminal | below conscious thought |
| submission | yielding to; surrender |
| subordinate | inferior |
| subsequent | following |
| subservient | behaving like a slave |
| subside | settle down; descend |
| subsidiary | subordinate; secondary |
| subsistence | minimum means of support |
| substantiate | verify or support |
| substantive | essential |
| subterfuge | pretense |
| subtle | not obvious; hard to see |
| subtlety | cunning; delicacy |
| subversive | to overthrow or ruin |
| succinct | brief; compact |
| succor | aid; assistance |
| succulent | juicy; richness |
| succumb | give in |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| suffuse | to spread |
| sully | tarnish; soil |
| sultry | hot; sweltering |
| sumptuous | lavish; rich |
| supercilious | contemptuous; arrogant; haughty |
| superficial | shallow; on the surface only |
| superfluous | excessive; unnecessary |
| supernal | heavenly |
| supernumerary | in excess of what is necessary |
| supersede | to be set aside; replace |
| supine | lying on the back |
| supplant | replace |
| supple | flexible |
| supplement | added to |
| suppliant | entreating; pleading |
| supplicate | to implore or beg for |
| supposititious | assumed; hypothetical |
| surcease | cessation |
| surmise | assume |
| surpass | exceed |
| surreptitious | secret |
| surrogate | substitute |
| surveillance | watching |
| susceptible | easily influenced; having little resistance |
| sustenance | means of support |
| suture | stitches |
| swarthy | dark |
| swathe | wrap around; bandage |
| sybarite | lover of luxury |
| sycophant | a flatterer |
| sylvan | pertaining to woods; rustic |
| symbiosis | a close, beneficial association of two organisms |
| symmetry | balanced arrangement |
| synchronous | working together at the same time |
| synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
| synthetic | artificial |
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