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July 22
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32
English
Graduate
07/22/2006

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Term
SUFFERABLE
Definition
bearable

"I suppose it's sufferable to do this a bit more."
Term
SUFFRAGIST
Definition
one who advocates extended voting rights

"The suffragist advocated for equal voting."
Term
SULLY
Definition
to soil, stain, tarnish; taint

"His indecent behavior sullied the gentle image we had of him."
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SUPERANNUATED
Definition
too old, obsolete, outdated

"This useless superannuated text book."
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SUPERCILIOUS
Definition
arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending

"The supercilious jock was condescending."
Term
SUPEREROGATORY
Definition
nonessential

"It was supererogatory for her to gloat"
Term
SUPERSEDE
Definition
to take the place of; replace

"This new president supersedes the last."
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SUPPLANT
Definition
to replace, substitute

"We need to supplant these dying plants."
Term
SUPPLE
Definition
flexible, pliant

"This supple piece of wood is flexible."
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SUPPLICANT
Definition
one who asks humbly and earnestly

"The supplicant begger asks for food with open hands."
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SURFEIT
Definition
excessive amount

"The surfeit amount of bagels we once had."
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SURLY
Definition
rude and bad-tempered

"The surly intruder was rude."
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SURREPTITIOUS
Definition
characterized by secrecy

"The surreptitious thief was sly."
Term
SUSTENANCE
Definition
supplying the necessitites of life

"to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance"
Term
SWARTHY
Definition
having a dark complexion

"The swarthy middle eastern."
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SYBARITE
Definition
person devoted to peasure and luxery

"The sybarite king only wanted a luxerious life."
Term
SYCOPHANT
Definition
self-serving flatter, yes-man

"The sychophant flatterer tried to flatter everyone" -toady
Term
SYNCOPATION
Definition
temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

"Jazz' syncopation of off-beats."
Term
SALUTARY
Definition
remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

"Paul was dismayed to hear that summer school would be a salutary for his math skills."
Term
SATURNINE
Definition
gloomy, dark, sullen, morose

"Pedro's saturnine countenance made me think that he was suffering."
Term
SEDULOUS
Definition
diligent, persistent, hard-working

"His sedulous efforts to organize the meeting were rewarded well."
Term
SEINE
Definition
a large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish

"The fishermen were extremely suprised when they caught a mermaid in the seine."
Term
SOLDER
Definition
to weld, fuse or join, as with a soldering gun

"By doldering the broken pieces together, I was able to repair the fixture."
Term
SOLVENT
Definition
able to meet financial obligations

"I was solvent for the first time in years with this new sinecure."
Term
STANCH
Definition
to stop the flow of a fluid

"All attempts to stanch the hemorrhaging of the company's coffers were futile." (staunch - firmly commited."
Term
STEEP
Definition
to saturate or completely soak

"Her plan was to spend three months in paris and come back steeped in French culture."
Term
STRUT
Definition
a structural support used to brace a framework

"When one of the struts supporting the wing broke, we though we would all collapse."
Term
STYGIAN
Definition
gloomy, dark

"The stygian murk of the cave wasnt all that inviting..."
Term
SUCCOR
Definition
assitance, relief in time of distress

"The brief rain did not provide much succor to the farmers."
Term
SUNDRY
Definition
various, miscellaneous, separate

"Of the sundry items for sale, the young boy was most interested in the water pistol."
Term
SUPLINE
Definition
inactive, lying on one's back, apathetic, mentally or morally slack

"We spent hours supine one the floor looking up at the ceiling."
Term
SUPPLIANT
Definition
asking humbly, beseaching

"The suppliant expression on the boy's face would have won anyone over."
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