List 39

Question 0

Skeptic

Answer 0

Doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a pov

Question 1

Simpering

Answer 1

Smirking

Question 2

Sirocco

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Warm; sultry wind blown from Africa to southern Europe

Question 3

Slander

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Defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements

Question 4

Slattern

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Untidy or slovenly person

Question 5

Sleight

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Dexterity

Question 6

Slither

Answer 6

Slip or slide

Question 7

Sluice

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Artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water

Question 8

Smattering

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Slight knowledge

Question 9

Sobriquet

Answer 9

Nickname

Question 10

Solace

Answer 10

Comfort in trouble

Question 11

Somatic

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Pertaining to the body; physical

Question 12

Sophist

Answer 12

Teacher of philosophy

Question 13

Sophistication

Answer 13

Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning

Question 14

Sophomoric

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Immature; shallow

Question 15

Soporific

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Sleep producer

Question 16

Spate

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Sudden flood

Question 17

Spatula

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Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing

Question 18

Spectrum

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Colored band produced when beam of light passes through a prism

Question 19

Spoliation

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Pillaging; depredation

Question 20

Spoonerism

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Accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

Question 21

Spume

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Froth; foam

Question 22

Staccato

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Played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound

Question 23

Stalemate

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Deadlock

Question 24

Stalwart

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Strong; brawny; steadfast

Question 25

Statutory

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Created by statute or legislative action

Question 26

Stereotyped

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Fixed and unvarying representation

Question 27

Stertorous

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Having a snoring sound

Question 28

Stigma

Answer 28

Token of disgrace; brand

Question 29

Stilted

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Bombastic; inflated

Question 30

Stratum

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Layer of earth's surface; layer of society

Question 31

Stultify

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Cause to appear foolish or inconsistent

Question 32

Suave

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Smooth; bland

Question 33

Subjective

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Occurring or taking within the subject; unreal

Question 34

Subliminal

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Below the threshold

Question 35

Subsidy

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Direct financial aid by government, etc

Question 36

Substantive

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Essential; pertaining to substance

Question 37

Sudorific

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Pertaining to perspiration

Question 38

Sumptuary

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Limiting or regulating expenditures

Question 39

Superimpose

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Place over something else

Question 40

Stigma

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Token of disgrace; brand

Question 41

Supernal

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Heavenly; celestial

Question 42

Supernumerary

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Person/thing in excess of what is necessary; extra

Question 43

Supple

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Flexible; pliant

Question 44

Suppurate

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Create pus

Question 45

Suture

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Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing

Question 46

Syllogism

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Logical formula utilizing a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

Question 47

Symmetry

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Arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity

Question 48

Talon

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Claw of bird

Question 49

Tantamount

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Equal

Question 50

Tarantula

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Venomous spider

Question 51

Tarn

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Small mountain lake

Question 52

Tatterdemalion

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Ragged fellow

Question 53

Taut

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Tight; ready

Question 54

Tautology

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Unnecessary repetition; pleonasm

Question 55

Teleology

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Belief that a final purpose or design exists for the presence of individual beings or of the universe itself

Question 56

Temerarious

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Rash

Question 57

Tenacity

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Firmness; persistency; adhesiveness

Question 58

Tendentious

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Having an aim; designed to further a cause

Question 59

Tenebrous

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Dark; gloomy

Question 60

Tergiversation

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Evasion; fickleness