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stanch
to stop or check the flow of
stentorian
extremely loud
stigma
mark of disgrace or inferiority
stint
to be sparing
stipulate
to specify as an essential condition
stolid
having or showing little emotion
striated
marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels
stricture
something that restrains, negative criticism
strident
loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy
strut
to swagger, display to impress others
stultify
to impair or reduce to uselessness
stygian
dark and gloomy, hellish
subpoena
notice ordering someone to appear in court
subsume
to include, incorporate
succor
relief, help in time of distress or want
suffrage
the right to vote
sundry
various
supersede
to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
supine
lying in the back, marked by lethargy
supplant
to replace, substitute
suppliant
beseeching
supplicant
one who asks humbly and earnestly
supposition
the act of assuming to be true or real
syllogism
a form of deductive reasoning with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
sylvan
related to the woods or forest
talisman
charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune
tangential
peripheral, irrelevant, digressing
tautology
unnecessary repetition
tenet
belief, doctrine
tenuous
weak, insubstantial
thespian
an actor or actress
timbre
voice tone color
tirade
long, violent speech, verbal assault
toady
flatterer, yes-man
tome
book, usually large and academic
torque
a turning or twisting force
tortuous
having many twists and turns, highly complex
tout
to promote or praise energetically
tractable
obedient, yielding
transient
temporary, fleeting
translucent
partially transparent
travail
work, especially arduous work
travesty
parody, exaggerated imitation, caricature
treatise
article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
tremulous
trembling, frugal, timid
truculence
aggressiveness, ferocity
tryst
agreement between lovest to meet, rendez-vous
tumid
swollen, distended
turbid
muddy, opaque, in a state of great confusion
turgid
swollen, pompous
tutelary
serving as a guardian or protector
uncanny
myterious, strange
undulating
moving in waves
unfeigned
not false, genuine
untenable
indefensible
untoward
not favorable, troublesome, unruly
usury
a practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
valedictory
pertaining to a farewell
vapid
tasteless, dull
variegated
varied, marked with different colors
vaunt
to boast, drag
venal
mercenary, corruptible
vendetta
prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility
veracious
truthful, accurate
vertigo
dizziness
vexation
irritation, annoyance
viable
practicable, capable of developing
vindictive
vengeful, unforgiving
virtuoso
someone with master skills, expert musician
visage
appearance, aspect
viscous
thick, syrupy
vitiate
to impair the quality of, corrupt morally
vituperative
using or containing harsh, abusive censure
vivisection
dissection, surgery, or painful experiments performed on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research
vogue
prevailing fashion or practice
volatile
tending to vary frequently, fickle
vortex
whirpool, center of turbulence
welter
wallow or roll, toss about, be in turmoil
whimsical
fanciful, unpredictable
wistful
vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful
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