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- suppress
- If someone in authority _______ an activity, they prevent it from continuing, by using force or making it illegal.
- speculate
- If you ________ about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
- salvage
- f something is _____, someone manages to save it, for example from a ship that has sunk, or from a building that has been damaged.
- saint
- someone who has died and been officially recognized and honoured by the Christian church because his or her life was a perfect example of the way Christians should live.
- survey
- try to find out detailed information about a lot of different people or things, usually by asking people a series of questions.
- sophisticated
- someone who knows about culture, fashion, and other matters that are considered socially important.
- significance
- The significance of something is the importance that it has, usually because it will have an effect on a situation or shows something about a situation.
- simultaneous
- happen or exist at the same time
- scramble
- If you ______ over rocks or up a hill, you move quickly over them or up it using your hands to help you.
- scrabble
- If you _______ for something, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it.
- semblance
- If there is a __________ of a particular condition or quality, it appears to exist, even though this may be a false impression. (FORMAL)
- surge
- a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.
- sprinkle
- If you ________ a thing with something such as a liquid or powder, you scatter the liquid or powder over it.
- scraggy
- If you describe a person or animal as _______, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin. (mainly BRIT)
- sacrilege
- a behaviour that shows great disrespect for a holy place or object.
- scintillating
- A ________ conversation or performance is very lively and interesting.
- stagnant
- If something such as a business or society is ________, there is little activity or change.
- shaggy
- (of hair, fur, etc.) long and untidy
- sovereign
- A _________ state or country is independent and not under the authority of any other country.
- sincerity
- honesty of mind : freedom from hypocrisy
- surveillancd
- the careful watching of someone, especially by an organization such as the police or the army.
- stupendous
- is surprisingly impressive or large.
- shutter
- in a camera is the part which opens to allow light through the lens when a photograph is taken.