somatic - tantamount
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- somatic (adj)
- pertaining to the body; physical
- somnambulist (n)
- sleepwalker
- somnolent (adj)
- half-asleep
- sonorous (adj)
- resonant
- sophist (n)
- teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning
- spate (n)
- sudden flood
-
specious (adj)
) - seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally
- sphinx-like (adj)
- enigmatic; mysterious
- spoonerism (n)
- accidental transposition of sounds in successive words
- spurious (adj)
- false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
- staid (adj)
- sober; sedate
- stanch (v)
- check flow of blood)
- statue (n)
- law enacted by the legislature
- stentorian (adj)
- extremely loud
- stilted (adj)
- bombastic; stiffly pompous
- stint (v)
- be thrifty; set limits
- stodgy (adj)
- stuffy; boringly conservative
- stolid (adj)
- dull; impassive
- stratum (n)
- layer of earth's surface; layer of society
- striated (adj)
- marked with parallel bands; grooved
- stricture (n)
- critical comments
- strut (n)
- supporting bar
- stultify (v)
-
cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or
hinder - stygian (adj)
- gloomy; hellish; deathly
- stymie (v)
- present an obstacle; stump
- subaltern (n)
- subordinate
- sublimate (v)
- refine; purify
- subliminal (adj)
- below the threshold
- suborn (v)
- persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)
- subsidiary (adj)
- subordinate; secondary
- subsistence (n)
- existence; means of support; livelihood
- subsume (v)
- include; encompass
- subterfuge (n)
- pretense; evasion
- succor (v)
- aid; assist; comfort
- suffuse (v)
- spread over
- sultry (adj)
- sweltering
- sunder (v)
- separate; part
- superannuated (adj)
- retired or disqualified because of age
- supercilious (adj)
- arrogant; condescending; patronizing
- supererogatory (adj)
- superfluous; more than needed or demanded
- supernumerary (n)
- person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra
- supersede (v)
- cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
- supine (adj)
- lying on back
- supposititious (adj)
- assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical
- suppress (v)
- stifle; overwhelm; subdue; inhibit
- surfeit (v)
- satiate;stuff; indulge to excess in anything
- surreptitious (adj)
- secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden
- swill (v)
- drink greedily
- sybarite (n)
- lover of luxury
- sycophant (n)
- servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
- syllogism (N)
-
logical formula consisting of amajor premise, a minor premise and a
conclusion; deceptive or specious argument - symbiosis (n)
- mutually beneficial
- synoptic (adj)
- providing a general overview; summary
- tacit (adj)
- understood; not put into words
- taciturn (adj)
- habitually silent, talking little
- tangential (adj)
- peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
- tantamount (adj)
- equivalent in effect or value