Hard TOEFL Words - Group 12

surpass:
v. exceed; to go beyond in degree or quality

survive:
v. continue to live; endure or last

susceptible:
a. easily influenced or affected; especially sensitive

sustain:
v. keep in existence; maintain; supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for

sustained:
a. continued; maintained at length without interruption or weakening

sustenance:
n. act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health

swarm:
n. dense moving crowd; large group of honeybees

swear:
v. affirm or utter a solemn declaration; make promise or resolve on oath

swell:
v. bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger

swelling:
n. becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids

swoop:
v. move in a sudden sweep; fly or glide downwards suddenly

sworn:
a. having been asserted as true under oath

syllable:
n. a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

symmetry:
n. arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity

sympathize:
v. be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion

sympathy:
n. compassion; pity; concern

symptomatic:
a. indicative, relating to a symptom

synthesis:
n. combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe

synthetic:
a. artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis

syrup:
n. a thick sweet sticky liquid