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- skittish
- nervous; easily startled; jumpy
- supersede
- to take the place of; to supplant; to make something obsolete
- taint
- contaminant; a trace of something spoiled contaminated off-flavor
- triumvirate
- a ruling coalition of three officials; any group of three working jointly
- vogue
- fashion; style
- underpinning
- a system of supports beneath; a foundation or basis
- schism
- division; separation; discord or disharmony
- undermine
- to impair; to subvert; to weaken by excavating underneath
- thorny
- full of difficulties; tough; painful
- vanquish
- to conquer; to overpower
- voluminous
- large; extensive; having great volume
- slake
- to quench; to satisfy; to assuage
- solidarity
- sense of unity; a sense of sharing a common goal or attitude
- stint
- to restrict or hold back on; to be frugal
- tumult
- violent noisy commotion; uproar; outbreak
- throttle
- to choke; to strangle; to work a fuel lever or feed the flow of fuel to an engine
- supine
- lying on one's back
- stupendous
- remarkable; extraordinary; remarkably large or extraordinarily gigantic
- sweeping
- far-reaching; extensive; wide-ranging
- underlying
- basic; fundamental; only noticeable under scrutiny
- sordid
- morally vile; filthy; squalid
- sarcasm
- irony; jokingly or bitingly saying the opposite of what is meant sneer
- sect
- a small religious subgroup or religion; any group with a uniting theme of purpose
- stupor
- a stunned condition; near-unconsciousness; apathy; inertia
- stark
- utter; unmitigated; harsh; desolate
- waive
- to relinquish a right; to forgo; to put aside for the time being
- woe
- suffering; affliction; distress
- seclusion
- aloneness; withdrawal from other people
- vivacious
- lively; animated; full of pep
- savant
- a scholar; a very knowledgeable and learned person pundit erudite
- trauma
- severe shock or distress; a violent wound; a wrenching experience
- voracious
- having a huge appetite; ravenously
- shackle
- a manacle; a restraint
- tedium
- dullness; monotony; boredom
- verge
- border; brink; edge
- tepid
- lukewarm; halfhearted
- thwart
- to prevent from being accomplished; to frustrate; to hinder
- shibboleth
- a distinctive word pronunciation or behavior that typifies a particular group; a slogan or catchword
- stout
- plump; stocky; substantial
- surreal
- having an unreal fantastic quality; hallucinatory; dreamlike
- vagary
- whim; unpredictable action; wild notion
- titillate
- to excite; to stimulate; to tease
- systemic
- affecting the entire system especially the entire body
- sumptuous
- luxurious; splendid; lavish
- vignette
- a small decorative design or drawing; a short literary sketch; a brief but expressive scene in a play or movie
- singular
- exceptional; unique; unusual
- titular
- in title or name only; nominal
- threshold
- the sill of a doorway; a house's or building's entrance; any point of beginning or entering
- verdant
- covered with green plants; leafy; inexperience
- spate
- a sudden outpouring
- vacuous
- empty of content; lacking in ideas or intelligence
- serpentine
- snakelike in either shape or movement; winding as a snake travels
- veneer
- facade; coating; outward appearance
- toil
- hard work; labor; drudgery; exhausting effort
- scorn
- to disdain; to find someone or something contemptible
- wane
- to decrease in strength or intensity; ti fade away; to decline in power
- salutation
- greeting; welcome; opening words of greeting
- shrewd
- wily; cunning; sly
- sally
- a sudden rushing attack; an excursion; an expedition; a repartee; a clever rejoinder
- spectrum
- a broad sequence or range of different but related thing s or ideas
- teem
- to swarm; to be inundated; to overrun
- voluptuous
- pleasant to the senses; luxurious; pleasure-seeking; extra full and shapely
- tortuous
- winding; twisting; serpentine; full of curves
- underwrite
- to sponsor; to subsidize; to insure
- sedentary
- largely confined to sitting down; not physically active
- tactical
- having to do with tactics especially naval or military tactics; marked tactics or deft maneuvering
- sophomoric
- juvenile; childishly goofy
- turbid
- murky; opaque; unclear
- serene
- calm; peaceful; tranquil; untroubled
- unilateral
- involving one side only; done on behalf of one side only;
- tryst
- a secret meeting of lovers
- sovereign
- supreme ruler; monarch
- toxic
- poisonous
- substantiate
- to prove; to verify; to confirm
- vigilant
- constantly alert; watchful; wary
- surmise
- to conjecture; to guess
- supplication
- humble prayer; earnest entreaty
- self-made
- having succeeded in life without help from others
- vie
- to complete; to contest; to struggle
- sententious
- preachy; pompous; excessively moralizing; self-righteous
- scant
- limited; meager; barely sufficient
- turmoil
- state of great confusion or commotion
- subterfuge
- artifice; a trick or stratagem; a ruse
- solace
- consolation; comfort
- skirmish
- a fight between small numbers of troops; a brief conflict
- specter
- ghost; phantom
- viscous
- thick; gluey; sticky
- sanction
- official permission or approval; endorsement; punitive measure
- seamless
- without a seam; without anything to indicate where two things were joined together; smooth
- zenith
- highest point; peak; pinnacle
- travesty
- a grotesque or shameful imitation; a mockery; a perversion
- wary
- cautions; watchful; carefull
- verity
- the quality of being true; something true
- uncanny
- extraordinary; unimaginable; seeming supernatural
- suffrage
- the right to vote
- temporize
- to stall; to cause delay through indecision; extemporize-
- usury
- lending money at an extremely high rate of interest
- trenchant
- concise; effective; caustic; sarcastic cf. nonchalant=indifferent penchant-
- spurn
- to reject disdainfully; to scorn
- specious
- something that seems correct or appropriate but that lacks real worth; deceptive; misleading; not genuine superfluous
- wake
- an all-night vigil kept over a dead body before it is buried;
- warrant
- to justify; to provide grounds for; to guarantee
- stratagem
- a maneuver designed to outwit an enemy; a scheme; a ruse
- subside
- to sink or settle; to diminish; to lessen
- wizened
- shriveled; withered; shrunken
- stipend
- income; allowance; salary
- susceptible
- capable of being influenced by something; capable of being or receptive to
- suffice
- to be sufficient; to be enough
- subsidize
- to provide financial aid; to make a financial contribution
- stalwart
- sturdily built; robust; valiant; unwavering
- zeitgeist
- the mood or spirit of the times
- secede
- to withdraw from an alliance
- waft
- to float; to drift; to blow
- stolid
- not easily roused to emotion; impassive; apathetic; phlegmatic
- wrath
- deep anger; fury
- timorous
- fearful; easily frightened
- temporal
- pertaining to time; pertaining to life; earthly existence; noneternal; short-lived
- suffuse
- to cover; to overspread; to saturate
- subsidiary
- supplemental; additional; secondary or subordinate
- underscore
- to underline; to emphasize
- suppress
- to overpower; to subdue; to quash
- transfix
- to cause to stand motionless with awe amazement emotion; to rivet