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Anusha P. (India)
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  1. saboteur
    someone who deliberately destroys or disrupts something
  2. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy
  3. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  4. blasphemous
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  5. sacrosanct
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  6. salubrious
    promoting health
  7. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  8. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  9. sanction
    official permission or approval
  10. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  11. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  12. satyr
    one of a class of woodland deities
  13. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  14. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  15. schism
    division of a group into opposing factions
  16. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  17. smidgeon
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  18. scotch
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  19. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  20. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  21. scurrilous
    expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
  22. scuttle
    move about or proceed hurriedly
  23. scamper
    run or move about quickly or lightly
  24. scurry
    move about or proceed hurriedly
  25. seamy
    morally degraded
  26. seedy
    shabby and untidy
  27. seine
    a large fishnet that hangs vertically
  28. seminal
    influential and providing a basis for later development
  29. germinal
    containing seeds of later development
  30. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  31. sepulcher
    a chamber that is used as a grave
  32. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  33. punitive
    inflicting punishment
  34. pugilist
    someone who fights with fists for sport
  35. putative
    purported
  36. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  37. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
  38. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
  39. subservient
    compliant and obedient to authority
  40. subordinate
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
  41. subaltern
    British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
  42. suborn
    incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
  43. subpoena
    a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
  44. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  45. subsume
    contain or include
  46. colligate
    make a logical or causal connection
  47. subversive
    in opposition to an established system or government
  48. seditious
    inciting action or rebellion
  49. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  50. suffuse
    cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  51. perfuse
    force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
  52. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  53. sunder
    break apart or in two, using violence
  54. superannuated
    too old to be useful
  55. supernumerary
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  56. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  57. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  58. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  59. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  60. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  61. supplicant
    someone who prays to God
  62. supersede
    take the place or move into the position of
  63. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  64. supine
    lying face upward
  65. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  66. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  67. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  68. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  69. toady
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  70. fawn
    a young deer
  71. bootlick
    try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
  72. sylvan
    relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
  73. swathe
    wrap in or as if in strips of cloth
  74. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  75. swarthy
    naturally having skin of a dark color
  76. supposititious
    based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
  77. conjectural
    based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Created on 七月 8, 2009 (updated 七月 23, 2009)

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