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sober,
soberer,
soberest.adjectives
being sober is being alert
to what is going on in your life, being thoughtful
and realistic; devoid
of frivolity,
excess,
exaggeration
or speculative.imagination
(Titus 2:12);
straightforward
(gave a sober assessment of the
situation); marked
by wise seriousness
according to the situation; having commonsense;
gravity
or solemnity of conduct
or character;
seriousness,
not silliness in thought, example,.Proverbs
11:22; marked by circumspection
and self-restraint;
plain or subdued
(sober attire
for the funeral); habitually abstemious
in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs; temperate
sober, sobered,
sobering,
sobers.transitive.and.intransitive
verbs
to make or become sober
soberly.adverb
soberness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
sobriety.noun,.plural.sobrieties
serious.intent
and realism
about life; gravity in bearing,
manner
or treatment (she treated others with respect and esteem:.Philippians
2:3); moderation
in or abstinence
from consumption
of alcoholic liquor or use of drugs
sporadic.also.sporadical.adjective
occurring
at irregular.intervals;
having no pattern or order in time; periodic; appearing singly
or at widely scattered.localities,
as a plant or disease; isolated;
unique
(a sporadic example)
sporadically.adverb
sporadicalness.noun,.plural.sporadicalnesses
sociopath.noun,.plural.sociopaths
one who often has sanpaku
eyes, that is, when they look straight ahead one can see white under and
on each side of the iris; one who
is affected
with a personality.disorder.marked
by aggressive,
antisocial.behavior
(misanthropic sociopaths and
psychopaths
are those out to depopulate the world by any and all means including using
such things as war and poisoning of humanity, all lied into society by
telling them it's good in some way 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6;
a sociopath is the same as a psychopath, as their behavior towards humanity
is similar, dangerous and strange, but often hidden beneath a superficially
acceptable behavior, typical of those
with mankind genes
sociopathic.adjective
sociopathy.noun,.plural.sociopathies
sociopaths are interested only in their personal
needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on
others
socioeconomic.adjective
of or involving
both social
and economic.factors
stupor.noun,.plural.stupors
a state of living in which the mind and senses
are dulled to the point of not perceiving
reality, example being, rejecting the so-called conspiracy theories as
being without fact and trusting the lying media as being correct
stuporous.adjective
stupefy,
stupefied,
stupefying,
stupefies.transitive
verbs
to dull
the senses
or faculties
of; daze; if something stupefies
you, it shocks or surprises you so much that you cannot think properly
for a while; to amaze; astonish
stupefyingly.adverb
stupefier.noun,.plural.stupefiers
stupefaction.noun,.plural.stupefactions
one who is stupefied; great
astonishment or consternation
synchronic.adjective
concerned with events existing in a limited time
period and ignoring historical antecedents
synchronically.adverb
synchronical.adjective
synchrony.noun,.plural.synchronies
synchronistic.occurrence,
arrangement or treatment
synchronize.intransitive
verb
to occur at the same time or rate
synchronization.noun,.plural.synchronizations
synchronous.adjective
occurring or existing at the same time; contemporary;
moving or operating at the same rate; having identical.periods;
having identical period and phase
synchronously.adverb
synchronousness.noun,.plural.synchronousnesses
sync.noun,.plural.syncs
synchronization;
harmony;
accord
in sync.idiom
(in sync or in
tune with today's fashions)
out of sync.idiom
(being an angry individual he was out of sync
or out of
tune with what the word love means)
sync, synced,
syncing,
syncs.intransitive
and transitive verbs-
to synchronize
syncretize, syncretized,
syncretizing,
syncretizes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
reconcile
and unite (differing religious beliefs,
for example), especially with partial.success
or a heterogeneous result
intransitive verb use.to
combine
differing elements or beliefs, especially with partial success or a heterogeneous
result
syncretism.noun,.plural.syncretisms
reconciliation
or fusion of differing systems of
belief, as in philosophy or
religion,
especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous
syncretic.or.syncretistic.adjective
syncretist.noun,.plural.syncretists
synchronize, synchronized,
synchronizing,
synchronizes.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
occur at the same time; be simultaneous;
to operate in unison
transitive verb use.to
cause to occur or operate with exact coincidence in time or rate (we synchronized
our watches); to cause to occur or operate at the same time as something
else (they synchronized their trip with the annual tulip festival); to
arrange (historical events) in a synchronism so as to indicate parallel
occurrence; to cause (soundtrack and action) to match exactly in a film
synchronism.noun,.plural.synchronisms
coincidencein
time; simultaneousness;
a chronological
(arranged in order of time of occurrence) listing of historical personages
or events so as to indicate parallel
existence or occurrence
synchronistic.or.synchronistical.adjective
synchronistically.adverb
synchronicity.noun,.plural.synchronicities
the state or fact of being synchronous
or simultaneous; synchronism;
coincidence
of events that seem to be meaningfully related, conceived
in the theory of Carl
Jung as an explanatory principle
on the same order as causality
superintend,
superintended,
superintending,
superintends.transitive
verbs
to oversee
and direct; supervise
superintendence.noun
superintendent.noun,.plural.superintendents
an individual who has the authority to supervise
or direct; a janitor or custodian
in a building
superintendent.adjective
supervise, supervised,
supervising,
supervises.transitive
verbs
to have the charge and direction of; superintend
supervision.noun
the act,
process
or function
of supervising;
care
supervisor.noun,.plural.supervisors
one who supervises; one who is in
charge of a particular
department or unit, as in a school system
supervisory.adjective
snappish.adjective
irritable
and curt.(a
snappish tone of voice); likely to snap or bite (a snappish mongrel)
snappishly.adverb
snappishness.noun
snap, snapped,
snapping,
snaps.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
make or break suddenly
wity a brisk,
sharp.cracking
sound (ice snapping as it breaks apart); to give way abruptly
under pressure
or tension
(too many people crowding onto the platform caused its supports to snap);
to snatch
or grasp
suddenly and with eagerness
(snap at a chance to go to the countryside in the sunny summer); to speak
abruptly or sharply (snapped at the child to not irritate
the dog); to move.swiftly
and smartly
(snap to attention);
jerk;
to open, close or fit together with a click
(the lock snapped shut; besides the zipper, there are snaps on the jacket);
if you snap something into a particular
position or if it snaps into that position, it moves quickly into that
position, with a sharp sound (he snapped the notebook shut; the bag snapped
open); if you snap your fingers, you make a sharp sound by moving your
middle finger quickly across your thumb, for example in order to accompany
music); if someone snaps at you, they speak to you in a sharp, unfriendly
way; if an animal such as a dog snaps at you, it opens and shuts its jaws
quickly near you, as if it were going to bite you; if you snap someone
or something, you take a photograph of them
intransitive verb use.to
snatch at with or as if with the teeth; bite; to pull apart or break with
a snapping sound; to utter
abruptly or sharply; to cause
to emit
a snapping sound (snap a whip); to close or latch with a snapping sound
(snapped the purse shut); to take a photograph; to photograph (snapped
the kids at the school picnic)
snap.noun,.plural.snaps
a sudden, sharp cracking sound or the action producing
such a sound (every minute or so I could hear a snap, a crack and a crash
as another tree went down); a snap is also a photograph (here's a snap
my mother took last year of me on a bike); a sudden breaking; a clasp,
catch
or other fastening.device
that operates
with a snapping sound; a sudden attempt to bite, snatch or grasp; the sound
produced by rapid
movement of a finger from the thumb; the act
of producing this sound; a thin, crisp, usually circular cookie (a ginger
snap); capacity
to make a snapping sound; elasticity
(this old waistband has lost its snap); a brief.spell
of brisk, cold weather; something accomplished
without hardly
any.effort
(she's so smart, she passed her tests in a snap); a snapshot; the taking
of a snapshot; a snap bean (snap peas are easy to open)
snap.adjective
made or done suddenly, with little or no preparation;
a snap decision
or action
is one that is taken suddenly, often without careful thought (I think this
is too important for a snap decision); fastening with a snap (snap pockets
were on that dress); simple;
easy
(a snap assignment)
snap.adverb
with a snap
snap back.phrasal
verb
to recover.quickly
snap up.phrasal
verb
to acquire
quickly (snapped up the beans that were on sale at a good price)
snap out of it.idiom
to move quickly back to one's normal condition
(having.exhaustion,
she was able to snap out of it after a day off)
cold snap.noun,.plural.cold
snaps
a cold snap is a short period of cold and icy
weather
splendor.noun,.plural.splendors
great light or luster;
brilliance;
magnificent
appearance or display; grandeur; something grand or magnificent; great
fame; glory
splendorous.or.splendrous.adjective
sumptuous.adjective
of a size or splendor
suggesting great expense; lavish
sumptuously.adverb
sumptuousness.noun,.plural.sumptuousnesses
sheen.noun,.plural.sheens
glistening
brightness; luster.(the
sheen of old satin in candlelight); splendid.attire;
a glossy surface given to textiles
stammer, stammered,
stammering,
stammers.verbs
intransitive and transitive verb use.to
speak with involuntary pauses
or repetitions; stutter
stammer.noun,.plural.stammers
away of speaking characterized
by involuntary.pauses
or repetitions
stammerer.noun,.plural.stammerers
stammeringly.adverb
sensitive.adjective
capable
of perceiving with a sense or
senses;
responsive
to external conditions or stimulation;
susceptible
to the attitudes, feelings or
circumstances
of others; if you are sensitive about something, you are easily worried
and concerned when people talk about it (young people are very sensitive
about their appearance)
sensitively.adverb
sensitiveness.noun
sensitivity.noun,.plural.sensitivities
the quality
or condition of being sensitive; the capacity
of an organ or organism to respond
to stimulation
Electronics:.the
degree
of response of a receiver or an instrument to an incoming signal or to
a change in the incoming signal; the signal strength required by an FM
tuner to reduce noise and distortion; the degree of response of a plate
or film to light, especially to light of a specified wavelength
sensitize, sensitized,
sensitizing,
sensitizes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
make sensitive; to make a film
or plate sensitive to light, especially to light of a specific wavelength
to make hypersensitive
or reactive to an antigen,
such as pollen, especially by a second or repeated exposure and often occurring
in those having been vaccinated
intransitive verb use.to
become sensitive or hypersensitive sensitization.noun,.plural.sensitizations
sensitizer.noun,.plural.sensitizers
stumble, stumbled,
stumbling,
stumbles.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall; to proceed
unsteadily or falteringly;
flounder
(she has proceeded though stumbling through life); blunder;
to act or speak falteringly
or clumsily; to make a mistake;
blunder
stumbler.noun,.plural.stumblers
stumblingly.adverb
stumblestone.noun,.plural.stumblestones
an obstacle
or impediment
stumblingstone.noun,.plural.stumblingstones
also if word split, spelt
with a hyphen as below (welcome
to crazy English)
stumble-stone, stumble-stones
stumblingblock.noun,.plural.stumblingblocks
an obstacle
or impediment (many
financial stumblingblocks await the unwary
in life, unless you're part of, as George
Carlin calls it, 'the big club', meaning the cabal)
also stumbling-block.noun,.plural.stumbling-blocks
stumbling-stone,
stumbling-stones
also if word split, spelt
with a space as below
stumble stone,
etc.
slaver, slavered,
slavering,
slavers.intransitive
verbs
to slobber; drool; to behave in an obsequious
manner; fawn
slaver.noun
saliva drooling from the mouth; senseless and
effusive
talk
slavery.noun,.plural.slaveries
the state
of one bound in servitude as
the property of a slaveholder such as a bondman
or bondwoman, owned by a lord;
the
practice of owning slaves; the condition
of being subject
to a specified.influence
(unnecessary.taxation
produces slavery; wage slavery)
slave.noun,.plural.slaves.and.Slavic.noun,.plural.Slavics
word slave comes from the widespread enslavement
of captured Slavs or Slavics (Bulgarian, Belorussian, Czech, Macedonian,
Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ukrainian and Wendish)
in the early Middle Ages; a slave is defined by law and custom as the most
absolute
involuntary form
of human
servitude; one bound
in servitude as the property of those governing, whether they may be individuals
banded together in groups called governments, another individual or an
household; a vassal;
although slavery is outlawed, it continues by those creating restrictively
oppressive policies which are promoted in so called free countries in order
to confuse and maintain unfair advantage, effectively keeping populaces
in
slavery status, so a populace can be left with barely enough to eat
to live, to work again to eat to live and over decades, little changes
from sparse existence for the majority
and even in unsubmissive resistance to the United
Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights where it was adopted
to provide for the suppression and prohibition and complete abolition
of slavery in
all forms, including financial and health slavery,
but it was all just words, as most of those behind this laudatory.verbiage
never meant it and even perpetuated
the opposite, as recent history has borne
out;
peonage
slave, slaved,
slaving,
slaves.intransitive
verbs
to work very hard or doggedly;
to
toil for sustenance
secret.adjective
kept hidden from knowledge or view; concealed;
dependably discreet; operating
in a hidden or confidential
manner (a secret building); in the
Bible
when it talks of secrets, it's in a context
of something unknown that God
wants revealed:.Deuteronomy
29:29.
secret.noun,.plural.secrets
something kept hidden from others or known only
to oneself or to a few; something that remains beyond understanding or
explanation; a mystery; a method or formula on which success is based (the
secret of this dish is in the sauce)
secretly.adverb
secrecy.noun,.plural.secrecies
the quality
or condition of being secret or hidden; concealment
secretive.adjective
having or marked by an inclination
to secrecy; not open, forthright
or frank; silent
secretively.adverb
secretiveness.noun
secretary.noun,.plural.secretaries
a person employed
to handle.correspondence,
keep records,
maintain
files, so they are kept up to date, does clerical
work, such as typing letters, writing notes known as minutes
of meetings, answers phone calls and arranges meetings, whose place of
work is often in some organization;
an official
who presides.over
an administrative.department
of state
(for example, the secretary of agriculture);
a desk with a small bookcase on top is also called a secretary
secretarial.adjective
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