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| substantiate verb | to provide evidence to support a claim | Can you substantiate that statistic? | |
| supercilious adjective | behaving as if superior to others | The supercilious clerk ignored our questions. | |
| superfluous adjective | unnecessary; more than needed | Cut the superfluous words from your essay. | |
| sycophant noun | a person who flatters to gain advantage | The king was surrounded by sycophants. | |
| tacit adjective | understood without being stated | There was a tacit agreement not to discuss politics. | |
| tantamount adjective | equivalent in seriousness to | Ignoring the warning was tantamount to approving the risk. | |
| tenacious adjective | holding firmly; persistent | The tenacious reporter followed the story for years. | |
| tenuous adjective | very weak or slight | The link between the two events is tenuous. | |
| timorous adjective | showing nervousness or lack of confidence | A timorous knock came at the door. | |
| torpor noun | a state of physical or mental inactivity | Hibernating bears enter a deep torpor. | |
| tractable adjective | easy to control or influence | The problem became tractable once we split it into parts. | |
| transient adjective | lasting only a short time | The pain was transient and faded by morning. | |
| truculent adjective | eager to argue or fight | The truculent fan was escorted out. | |
| ubiquitous adjective | present everywhere | Smartphones are ubiquitous on the train. | |
| undermine verb | to weaken gradually | Constant interruptions undermined her confidence. | |
| unequivocal adjective | leaving no doubt; unambiguous | The answer was an unequivocal yes. | |
| vacillate verb | to waver between options | He vacillated between law and medicine. | |
| venerate verb | to regard with great respect | The village venerates its oldest tree. | |
| veracity noun | truthfulness; accuracy | Reporters checked the veracity of the claim. | |
| verbose adjective | using more words than needed | The verbose manual ran to 400 pages. | |
| vex verb | to annoy or worry | The missing puzzle piece vexed her all evening. | |
| vindicate verb | to clear of blame or prove right | The results vindicated the researchers’ approach. | |
| vituperative adjective | bitter and abusive in language | The vituperative review upset the young author. | |
| volatile adjective | liable to change rapidly and unpredictably | Fuel prices are volatile. | |
| zealot noun | a person who is fanatical about a cause | A fitness zealot, he trains twice a day. |