sodden | a. thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink |
solitude | n. state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place |
solvent | a. able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations |
somber | a. gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color |
spasm | n. involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers |
spontaneous | a. arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor |
squander | v. spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for |
stability | n. the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change |
stance | n. attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view |
sterile | a. barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms |
stigma | n. symbol of disgrace; small mark, as scar or birthmark; mark made with red-hot iron |
stimulate | v. encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant |
stolid | a. dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility |
stupefy | v. make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to |
stupor | n. state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness |
suave | a. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm |
subside | v. settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down |
sundry | a. various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse |
superimpose | v. place over something else; place on top of |
superlative | n. an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development |
surreptitious | a. secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently |
symmetry | n. arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity |
synthetic | a. artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis |
tabulate | v. arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface |
taint | v. contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally |
tangent | n. ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle |
tantalize | v. tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied |
tart | n. a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie |
tawdry | a. cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent |
temperate | a. restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality |
theorem | n. an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates |
tier | n. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another |
timely | a. being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable |
tirade | n. extended scolding; long angry or violent speech |
tolerable | a. capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally. |
torrid | a. passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid |
torso | n. body excluding head and neck and limbs |
tout | v. advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off |
transcribe | v. copy; write over again in same words |
transpose | v. substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange |
tributary | n. branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for |
tumult | n. noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising |
ultimate | a. final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme |
ultimatum | n. last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another |
uncouth | a. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste |
unerring | a. not liable to error; always right or accurate |
unkempt | a. untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance |
usage | n. the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written |
usurp | v. seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority |
variable | n. factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant |
venerate | v. treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of |
vestige | n. trace; remains; indication that something has been happened |
vex | v. annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to |
vigil | n. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness |
vigilant | a. attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary |
vilify | v. debase; degrade; spread negative information about |
visualize | v. make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of |
vitality | n. energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop |
volatile | a. tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence |
waif | n. homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal |
wan | a. having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress |
wanton | a. unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste |
wend | v. go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route |
whet | v. sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate |
wistful | a. full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful |
zealous | a. enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal |
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