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obstreperous: I see no reason to shop where the sales staff are
surly.
surmise v. 1 imagine, guess, conjecture, speculate, suppose,
hypothesize, theorize, assume, presume, conclude, gather, infer,
understand, fancy, suspect, feel, sense: I surmised that the
treaty terms were arranged by deputies long before the summit.
--n. 2 guess, conjecture, speculation, notion, hypothesis,
theory, supposition, assumption, presumption, conclusion,
understanding, fancy, suspicion, feeling, sense: It was an
early surmise of the experts that man could not survive passing
through the Van Allen belts.
surpass v. exceed, excel, go or pass beyond, outdo, beat, worst,
better, best, outstrip, outdistance, outperform, outclass,
outshine, eclipse, overshadow, top, cap, transcend, prevail
over, leave behind: He easily surpassed the statesmen of his
time.
surpassing
adj. excessive, extraordinary, great, enormous, unrivalled,
matchless, peerless, unmatched, unequalled, unsurpassed: I
could not believe the surpassing gall of the man.
surpassingly
adv. exceedingly, extraordinarily, incomparably, Literary
surpassing: The girls on the beach were surpassingly beautiful.
surplus n. 1 surplusage, overage, excess, leftover(s), surfeit,
over-abundance, oversupply, overdose, glut: The price of oil
dropped owing to the surplus in the market.
--adj. 2 excess, leftover, extra, spare, over-abundant,
superfluous, unused, redundant: The surplus grain is sold
abroad.
surprise v. 1 shock, astound, astonish, amaze, disconcert, nonplus,
dumbfound or dumfound, stagger, take aback, strike, hit, Colloq
floor, bowl over, flabbergast, rock or set (someone) back on his
or her or chiefly Brit their heels, Brit knock (someone) for
six, US knock (someone) for a loop: What surprised me was her
coolness in the face of danger. 2 take or catch unawares, catch