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Stymies
- noun - a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- a thwarting and distressing situation
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
Suasion
- noun - the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
Suasive
- - Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory.
Suavify
- - To make affable or suave.
Suavity
- noun - the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
Subbing
- verb - be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
- working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence
Subdial
- - Of or pertaining to the open air; being under the open sky.
Sublime
- adjective - change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
- inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night"
- lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
- vaporize and then condense right back again
- worthy of adoration or reverence
Submiss
- - Submissive; humble; obsequious.
Submits
- verb - accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
- hand over formally
- make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF"
- make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"
- put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
- refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"
- refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
- yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
- yield to the control of another