| A | B |
|---|
| subject | to throw under the influence of:
to submit to the authority of, as to subject oneself to a strict diet |
| subjugate | to place under a yoke; to conquer |
| subliminal | below the threshold of conscious
perception |
| submerge | to plunge under water |
| submit | to put (send) oneself under the
authority of |
| subpoena | a legal order requiring a person
to appear in court to give testimony |
| sub rosa | under the rose (from an ancient custom of hanging a rose over the council table to indicate that all present were sworn to secrecy);
in confidence |
| subservient | serving under someone; submissive, as a servant might be |
| subsistence | underexistence; the barest means to sustain life |
| subsume | to include under a more general category |
| subterfuge | fleeing under cover; an action used to avoid an unpleasant situation |
| subterranean | under the surface of the earth |
| subversive | to turn under; tending to undermine or overthrow |
| insuperable | not capable of being overcome |
| soprano | one having a voice range above other voices |
| superb | avove ordinary quality; excellent |
| supercilious | above the eyelid; eyebrows raised in a haughty way |
| superfluous | overflowing what is needed;
extra |
| superimpose | to lay something over something else |
| superior | above others |
| supernumerary | someone in excess of (above) the number required;
an extra |
| supersonic | above the speed of sound |
| superstition | a belief standing above other beliefs;
a belief that is inconsistent with the known laws of science |
| supervise | to oversee others |
| supervisor | one who oversees others |
| supreme | above all others;
highest in rank |
| surplus | above more;
above what is needed |
| syllogism | words together;
a form of argument or reasoning consisting of two statements and a conclusion drawn from them |
| symbol | things thrown together for comparison;
something that represents something else |
| symposium | originally, a drinking (together) party following a banquet among the early Greeks;
now, a metting at which several speakers deliver opinions on a certain topic |
| synagogue | a place where Jews come together for worship |
| syndrome | a running together;
a group of symptoms that run together and indicate a specific disease or condition |
| synergistic | working together, as when the joint action of two drugs increases the effectiveness of each |
| synod | a journey together;
a council or assembly, especially of church officials |
| synopsis | a seeing things together;
a brief general summary |
| syntax | the way words are arranged together to form sentences
also, in computer science, the rules governing the construction of any computer language |
| synthesis | a putting together;
the combining of separate elements into a whole |
| synthetic | put together; produced by putting separate elements together;
artificial |
| telegraph | an instrument for writing;
a system for transmitting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves |
| telemetry | the automatic measurement and transmission of data by radio from far away, as from space vehicles to a receiving station |
| telepathy | far feeling;
the supposed communication between two people far apart by other than normal sensory means |
| telephone | an instrument for transmitting sounds from far away |
| telescope | an instrument for looking at far objects |
| television | an instrument for seeing images from afar |
| contortionist | an acrobat who can twist the body and limbs into extraordinary positions |
| distort | to twist away;
to twist from the true meaning, as to distort the facts |
| extort | to twist something out; to obtain by violence or threat |
| retort | a twisting back on the giver;
a reply to an insult or a criticism |
| torch | a portable light produced by a flammable material twisted around the end of a stick and ignited (early torches were made of twisted flax dipped in tallow). |
| torment | to twist;
to annoy |
| tort | a twisted action
a wrongful act, injury, or damage for which a civil suit can be brought for damages |
| tortoise | a turtle, especially a land turtle, so called perhaps because of its twisted feet |
| tortuous | full of twists and turns
also, not straightforward;
deceitful |
| torture | any severe physical or mental pain |
| torturous | inflicting physical or mental pain |
| sub | under |
| super | above, over |
| syn, sym, syl | together, with |
| tele | far |
| tort | to twist |
| diffidence | Noun: lack of self-confidence
Ant: boldness; confidence
syn: humility; bashfulness; distrust;suspicion; doubt |
| elucidate | Verb to make clear
ant: confuse, mystify
syn: exemplify; explicate; illuminate |
