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| supercilious |
arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condenscending, as a person or a facial expression. |
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| superannuated |
too old, obsolete, outdated; retired because of age or infirmity; too old for use, work, service, or a position; antiquated or obsolete: superannuated ideas. |
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| sumptuous |
lavish, splendid; entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence; luxuriously fine or large; lavish; splendid: a sumptuous feast. |
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| sully |
to soil, stain, tarnish; taint; to mar the purity or luster of; defile: to sully a reputation. |
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| sullen |
brooding, gloomy; showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve. |
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| suffragist |
one who advocates extended voting rights; an advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage, esp. to women. |
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| sufferable |
bearable |
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| subvert |
to undermine or corrupt; to overthrow (something established or existing); to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of; to undermine the principles of; corrupt: •In Othello, the idea of the treacherous Moor versus the noble white man is inverted, subverting the stereotype. |
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| subtle |
hard to detect or describe; perceptive: characterized by mental acuteness or penetration: a subtle understanding; skillful, clever, or ingenious: a subtle painter. |
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| subterranean |
hidden, secret; underground |
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| subterfuge |
trick or tactic used to avoid something; an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc. |
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| submissive |
tending to be meek and submit |
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| subliminal |
subconscious; imperceptible; resulting from processes of which the individual is not aware |
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| sublime |
awe-inspiring; of high spiritual or moral value |
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| sublimate |
to repress impulses; Psychology . to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition. |
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| subjugate |
to conquer, subdue; enslave; to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master. |
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| subjection |
dependence, obedience, submission; to bring under domination, control, or influence (usually fol. by to ). |
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| subdued |
suppressed, stifled; quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued. |
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| suave |
smoothly gracious or polite; blandly ingratiating |
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| stylize |
to fashion, formalize; to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize |
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| stunted |
having arrested growth or development: A harsh climate stunted the trees. Brutal treatment in childhood stunted his personality. |
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| stultify |
to impair or reduce to uselessness; to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, esp. by degrading or frustrating means: Menial work can stultify the mind. |
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| stripling |
an adolescent boy |
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| stricture |
something that restrains; negative criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style. |
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| stratagem |
trick designed to deceive an enemy; any artifice, ruse, or trick devised or used to attain a goal or to gain an advantage over an adversary or competitor: business stratagems. |
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| stolid |
having or showing little emotion; not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive |
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| stoic |
indifferent to or unaffected by emotions; of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity. |
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| stickade |
enclosed area forming defensive wall; Fortification: a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
(v) to protect, fortify, or encompass with a stockade. |
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| stint |
(v) to be sparing or frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money; Archaic . to cease action; desist, check |
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| stint |
(n) a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army; an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint; limitation or restriction, esp. as to amount: to give without stint; a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint. |
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| stilted |
stiff, unnatural; stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous; Architecture. (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch. |
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| stifle |
to smother or suffocate; suppress: to stifle a yawn; to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression. |
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| stentorian |
extremely loud |
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| steadfast |
immovable; fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze; firm in purpose, resolution, faith, attachment, etc., as a person: a steadfast friend; unwavering, as resolution, faith, adherence, etc.; firmly established, as an institution or a state of affairs; firmly fixed in place or position. |
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anahitb Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:19:24 GMT |
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| stately |
grand, unapproachable, majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.: a stately home; dignified. |
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| stark |
bare, empty, vacant; sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness; harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view, place, etc.: a stark landscape; extremely simple or severe: a stark interior; bluntly or sternly plain; not softened or glamorized: the stark reality of the schedule's deadline; stiff or rigid in substance, muscles, etc.; rigid in death. |
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| stalwart |
strong, unwavering, strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust; strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight; firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.; a physically stalwart person; a steadfast or uncompromising partisan: They counted on the party stalwarts for support in the off-year campaigns. |
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