Vocabulary Words
stockpile
B2noun, verb
A supply, especially a large one, of something kept for future use. (+1 more)
stopover
B2noun
A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
stopwatch
B2noun
A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
strangle
B2noun, verb
A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices. (+5 more)
stride
B2noun, verb
A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats. (+10 more)
stylist
B2noun
A writer or speaker distinguished for excellence or individuality of style (+4 more)
subcontinent
B2noun, proper noun
A large landmass which is either smaller than a continent (such as Greenland), or part of an even larger continent (such as the Indian subcontinent). (+1 more)
subculture
B2noun, verb
A culture made by transferring microorganisms from a previous culture to a fresh growth medium (+2 more)
subdivision
B2noun, verb
A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided. (+5 more)
subjunctive
B2adjective, noun
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. (+2 more)