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| 1 | strident | (adjective satellite) unpleasantly loud and harsh (adjective satellite) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
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| 2 | stupor | (noun) marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion and by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor" (noun) the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's deathleft him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock"
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| 3 | stymie | (noun) a thwarting and distressing situation (noun) a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
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| 4 | suave | (adjective satellite) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the custom (adjective satellite) having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"
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| 5 | subjugate | (verb) put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" (verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue
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| 6 | subliminal | (adjective satellite) below the threshold of conscious perception
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| 7 | subsidiary | (noun) a company that is completely controlled by another company (noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another (adjective satellite) functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" (adjective satellite) relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"
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| 8 | substantive | (noun) a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun (adjective) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law" (adjective satellite) being the essence or essential element of a thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information" (adjective satellite) having substance and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"
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| 9 | subsume | (verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle (verb) contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one"
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| 10 | subtlety | (noun) the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew" (noun) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"
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| 11 | succinct | (adjective satellite) briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
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| 12 | succor | (noun) assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions provided some relief for the victims" (verb) help in a difficult situation
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| 13 | succumb | (verb) consent reluctantly (verb) be fatally overwhelmed
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| 14 | suffuse | (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" (verb) to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"
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| 15 | sumptuous | (adjective satellite) rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
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| 16 | sunder | (verb) break apart or in two, using violence
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| 17 | sundry | (noun) miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"
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| 18 | superficial | (adjective satellite) involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep"; "superficial bruising"; "a surface wound" (adjective) being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't giv (adjective satellite) of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections" (adjective) relating to a surface; "superficial measurements"; "the superficial area of the wall"
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| 19 | superfluous | (adjective satellite) more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare (adjective satellite) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"
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| 20 | superlative | (noun) the superlative form of an adjective; "`best' is the superlative form of `good'" (noun) an exaggerated expression (usually of praise); "the critics lavished superlatives on it" (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of (adjective satellite) highest in quality
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| 21 | supplant | (verb) take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
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| 22 | suppliant | (noun) one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" (adjective satellite) humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
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| 23 | suppress | (verb) to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" (verb) put out of one's consciousness (verb) keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" (verb) control and refrain from showing; of emotions (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
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| 24 | surfeit | (noun) eating until excessively full (noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall (noun) the state of being more than full (verb) indulge (one's appetite) to satiety (verb) supply or feed to surfeit
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| 25 | surmise | (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence (verb) infer from incomplete evidence (verb) imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
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| 26 | surpass | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" (verb) pass by; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" (verb) go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" (verb) distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
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| 27 | surreptitious | (adjective satellite) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilizati (adjective satellite) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows"
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| 28 | susceptible | (adjective) (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" (adjective satellite) easily impressed emotionally
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| 29 | swathe | (noun) an enveloping bandage (verb) wrap in swaddling clothes; "swadddle the infant"
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| 30 | sycophant | (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
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| 31 | syllogism | (noun) deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
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| 32 | symmetry | (noun) (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions (noun) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane (noun) balance among the parts of something
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| 33 | synthetic | (noun) a compound made artificially by chemical reactions (adjective) of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition" (adjective) systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words (adjective) involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch (adjective satellite) not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will (adjective satellite) artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters" (adjective satellite) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"
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| 34 | table | (noun) a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" (noun) a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant" (noun) food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" (noun) a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" (noun) a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" (noun) flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" (verb) hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
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| 35 | tacit | (adjective satellite) indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
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| 36 | taciturn | (adjective) habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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| 37 | tantalize | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
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| 38 | tarry | (verb) leave slowly and hesitantly (verb) be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" (adjective satellite) having the characteristics of pitch or tar
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| 39 | taut | (adjective satellite) pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope" (adjective satellite) subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
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| 40 | tawdry | (adjective satellite) cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist (adjective satellite) tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
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| 41 | tedious | (adjective satellite) using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" (adjective satellite) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention";
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| 42 | teem | (verb) move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" (verb) be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
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| 43 | temerity | (noun) fearless daring
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| 44 | temper | (noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" (noun) the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking (noun) a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" (noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" (verb) restrain or temper (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" (verb) adjust the pitch (of pianos) (verb) harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" (verb) toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
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| 45 | temperament | (noun) an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys (noun) your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" (noun) excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
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| 46 | tenacious | (adjective satellite) sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs" (adjective satellite) (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory" (adjective satellite) stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
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| 47 | tenet | (noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
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| 48 | tensile | (adjective satellite) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" (adjective) of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
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| 49 | tentative | (adjective satellite) under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" (adjective satellite) unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions"
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| 50 | tenuous | (adjective satellite) having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" (adjective satellite) very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread" (adjective satellite) having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
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