in spite of.idiom
not stopped by; regardless of

spite.noun
in defiance or contempt of or ignoring something, thus carrying on regardless; not stopped by; irregardless of (they kept going in spite of their fears); ignoring it; without being prevented by spite; petty ill will or hatred with the disposition to irritate, annoy.(she did it just to spite the cat), thwart, hurt or humiliate; an instance of spite; to show spite toward; to vent spite on
transitive use.inflected form(s).spited, spiting, spited, spiting, spites
annoy, offend; to treat maliciously.(as by shaming or thwarting); to show spite toward
synonym.malice
spiteful.adjective
filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious
spitefully.adverb
spitefulness.noun

spur.verb
inflected form(s).spurred, spurring
transitive sense.to incite to action or accelerated growth or development; stimulate

stature.noun
quality or status gained by growth, development, or achievement; natural height (as of a person) in an upright position 

stimulate.verb
inflected form(s).stimulated, stimulating
to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity; arouse; animate; provoke
stimulation, stimulator.nouns
stimulative, stimulatory.adjectives

stimulus.noun.plural.stimuli
something that stirs to action, increased action and/or mental activity such as thought; incentive; something causing or regarded as causing a response; an agent, an action, or a condition that elicits or accelerates a physiological or psychological activity or response; something that incites or rouses to action

sullen.adjective
gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed; dull or somber in sound or color; dismal, gloomy; moving sluggishly 
sullenness.noun
sullenly.adverb
synonyms.morose, surly, sulky, glum

superstructure.noun
any structure or concept erected on something else; the part of the building above its foundation

sarcasm.noun
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; a form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule

sarcastic.adjective
having the character of sarcasm.(sarcastic criticism); given to the use of sarcasm implies an attempt to be insightful, amusing or provocative by saying usually the opposite of what is meant (made the sarcastic comment based on the ironic observation that the government could always be trusted) implies an intentional inflicting of ridicule
synonyms.ironic, caustic, satirical, sardonic

surreptitious.adjective
done, made, or acquired by stealth; clandestine; acting or doing something clandestinely; stealthy
surreptitiously.adverb
synonym.secret

staid.adjective
marked by settled sedateness and self restraint; sober; serious; grave 
staidness.noun
staidly.adverb
synonym.serious

stead.noun
standing; to stand advantage (used chiefly in the phrase to stand one in good stead); the office, place, or function ordinarily occupied or carried out by someone or something else (acted in his brother's stead)

sate.(pronounced 's eight'), sated, sating, sates.transitive verbs
to satisfy (an appetite) fully; to satisfy to excess; satiate 

satiate, satiated, satiating.transitive verbs
to satisfy (as a need or desire) fully or to excess 
satiation.noun
synonyms.sate, surfeit, glut, gorge
satiate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire (years of globe trotting had satiated their interest in travel) (readers were sated with sensationalistic stories) 
gorge means to fill to repletion; suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking (gorged themselves with chocolate) 
surfeit.implies a nauseating repletion (surfeited themselves with junk food) 
glut implies excess in feeding or supplying (a market glutted with diet books)
satiation.adjective
filled to satiety

satiety.noun
the condition of being full or gratified beyond the point of satisfaction; surfeit

insatiable.adjective
impossible to satiate or satisfy (an insatiable appetite; an insatiable hunger for knowledge)
insatiability.or.insatiableness.noun
insatiably.adverb

servile.adjective
meanly or cravenly submissive; abject; of or befitting a slave or a menial position; a serf; subservient
servileness, servility.nouns
servilely.adverb

simultaneous.adjective
existing or occurring at the same time; exactly coincident; contemporary
simultaneity, simultaneousness.nouns
simultaneously.adverb

snow job.noun.slang
an effort to deceive, overwhelm, or persuade with insincere talk, especially flattery
snow, snowed, snowing, snows.verbs
transitive verb use.to cover, shut off, or close off with snow (we were snowed in)
slang.to overwhelm with insincere talk, especially with flattery
snow.noun
frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes; a falling of snow; a snowstorm; something resembling snow, as the white specks on a television screen resulting from weak reception
attributive.often used to modify another noun (the snow season; snow removal)
intransitive verb use.to fall as or in snow
phrasal verb.snow under.meaning to overwhelm (I was snowed under with work); to defeat by a very large margin

sole.adjective
being the only one (the sole survivor of the crash; single)

sanction.noun
authoritative.permission or approval that makes a course of action valid
sanction, sanctioned, sanctioning, sanctions.transitive verb
to give official authorization or approval to (administrations both corporate and governmental, sanction greed at the cost of their reputation, showing which is more important to them); approve

strange, stranger, strangest.adjective
not previously known; unfamiliar; out of the ordinary; unusual or striking; differing from the normal; not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; exotic; reserved in manner; distant; not comfortable or at ease; constrained; not accustomed or conditioned (she was strange to her new duties)
strange.adverb
in a strange manner
strangely.adverb

soporific.adjective
inducing or tending to induce sleep; drowsy
soporific.noun
a drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic

somnolence.noun
a state of drowsiness; sleepiness

somnolent.adjective
drowsy; sleepy; inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific
somnolently.adverb

Schrödinger, Erwin 1887-1961. Austrian physicist; shared a 1933 Nobel Prize for new formulations of the atomic theory