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Word List 45

  1. subliminal
    below the threshold of consciousness
  2. suborn
    to bribe someone unlawfully to perform some misdeed
  3. subservient
    servile; obsequious
  4. subsidy
    direct financial aid by government, etc.
  5. subsistence
    existence; means of support
  6. substantive
    essential
  7. subsume
    to include; encompass
  8. subterfuge
    pretense; evasion
  9. subversive
    tending to overthrow; destructive
  10. succor
    to assist
  11. suffragist
    advocate of voting rights for women
  12. suffuse
    to spread over
  13. sultry
    sweltering; hot and moist
  14. sumptuous
    lavish; rich
  15. sunder
    to separate
  16. sundry
    several
  17. superannuated
    retired because of old age
  18. supercilious
    arrogant
  19. supererogatory
    superfluous
  20. superimpose
    to place over something else
  21. supernumerary
    an excess
  22. supine
    lying on back
  23. supplant
    to replace; to usurp
  24. supple
    flexible; pliant
  25. suppliant
    entreating; beseeching
  26. supplicate
    to petition humbly
  27. amnesty
    a pardon
  28. supposititious
    spurious; specious
  29. stifle
    to suppress
  30. surly
    bad-tempered; cross
  31. surmise
    to guess
  32. surmount
    to overcome
  33. surreptitious
    furtive; secret
  34. suture
    stitches sewn to hold the edges of a wound
  35. swathe
    to wrap around; bandage
  36. swelter
    to be oppressed by heat
  37. swill
    to drink greedily
  38. swindler
    cheat
  39. sybarite
    lover of luxury
  40. syllogism
    a specious argument
  41. sylvan
    pertaining to woods; rustic
  42. synoptic
    summary
  43. talisman
    charm
  44. tanner
    person who turns animal hides into leather
  45. tantalize
    to tease
  46. tantamount
    equivalent in value
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Word List 45
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