sophomoric | a. immature; half-baked, like a sophomore |
span | n. duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points |
spasmodic | a. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic |
staple | n. necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables |
stench | n. strong, foul odor; stink; foul quality; offensive odor |
stern | a. hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding |
strategy | n. elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal |
strive | v. endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy |
stuffy | a. stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring |
suitable | a. appropriate to a purpose or an occasion |
supervisor | n. director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system |
supplement | v. add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition |
supreme | a. most outstanding; highest; superior |
sustain | v. admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space |
sympathy | n. compassion; pity; feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune |
symptom | n. sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient |
synthesis | n. combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe |
tardy | a. late; delayed; moving slowly |
tariff | n. tax on goods coming into a country |
temporary | a. not permanent; lasting for only a limited period of time |
tentative | a. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive |
terrain | n. piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground |
terrific | a. causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good |
territory | n. large extent of land; organized portion of country |
therapeutic | a. curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to healing art |
thrifty | a. careful about money; economical |
tidy | a. being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper |
toxic | a. poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison |
trace | v. follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface |
transfer | n. shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another |
transport | v. carry from one place to another; carry away; deport |
treacherous | a. dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray |
treaty | n. act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation |
trek | n. travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult |
tremor | n. shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver |
trespass | v. unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin |
tropical | a. relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid |
troublesome | a. causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome |
trudge | v. walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily |
tyrant | n. absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution |
uneasy | a. not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety |
unruly | a. difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly |
unscathed | a. not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched |
upheaval | n. violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset |
utilitarian | a. practical and functional, not just for show |
vacant | a. void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent |
vaccine | n. harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people getting the actual disease |
vanish | v. disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out |
vanity | n. quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit |
vanquish | v. conquer; overcome; come out better in a competition |
vast | a. large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity |
ventriloquist | n. one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing |
versatile | a. having many talents; capable of working in many fields |
vertigo | n. severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall |
veteran | n. someone who has given long service |
victor | n. a person who defeats an enemy or opponent in competition; winner |
visual | a. seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical |
vital | a. full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing |
vivid | a. bright; lively; graphic; having striking color |
volume | n. capacity; amount of space occupied by an object |
vow | n. solemn promise made to God; promise of fidelity; pledge of love or affection |
waft | v. cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water |
warrant | n. guarantee; assurance by seller; authorization or certification |
widespread | a. spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely |
withdraw | v. remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart |
worthwhile | a. sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest |
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