Word List 28 Flashcards by Angela Reyes

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superannuated

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adj. retired on pension because of age

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supercilious

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adj. contemptuous; haughty

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superficial

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adj. trivial; shallow

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superfluity

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n. excess; overabundance

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supersede

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v. cause to be set aside; replace

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supine

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adj. lying on back

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suppliant

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adj. entreating; beseeching

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supplicate

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v. petition humbly; pray to grant a favor

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supposititious

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adj. assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical

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surcease

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n. cessation

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surfeit

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v. cloy; overfeed

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surmise

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v. guess

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surreptitious

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adj. secret

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sycophantic

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adj. servilely flattering

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sylvan

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adj. pertaining to the woods; rustic

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synchronous

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adj. similarly timed; simultaneous with

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synthesis

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n. combining parts into a whole

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tacit

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adj. understood; not put into words

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taciturn

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adj. habitually silent; talking little

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tactile

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adj. pertaining to the organs or sense of touch

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tautological

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adj. needlessly repetitious

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tawdry

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adj. cheap and gaudy

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tedium

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n. boredom; weariness

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temerity

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n. boldness; rashness

temperate

adj. restrained; self-controlled

temporal

adj. not lasting forever; limited by time; secular

temporize

v. avoid committing oneself; gain time

tenacious

adj. holding fast

tenet

n. doctrine; dogma

tenuous

adj. thin; rare; slim

tenure

n. holding of an office; time during which such an office is held

tepid

adj. lukewarm

terminus

n. last stop of railroad

terrestrial

adj. on the earth

terse

adj. concise; abrupt; pithy

tertiary

adj. third

thrall

n. slave; bondage

threnody

n. song of lamentation; dirge

throes

n. violent anguish

tipple

v. drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

titanic

adj. gigantic

toady

v. flatter for favors

tome

n. large volume

topography

n. physical features of a region

torpid

adj. dormant; dull; lethargic

tortuous

adj. winding; full of curves

tract

n. pamphlet; a region of indefinite size

tractable

adj. docile

traduce

v. expose to slander

transcend

v. exceed; surpass

transcribe

v. copy