"S" Flashcards

(63 cards)

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Saccharine

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Sweet

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Sacrilege

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A violation of something sacred

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Sacrosanct

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Sacred

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Sagacious

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Wise

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Salient

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Sticking out

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Salutary

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Healthful

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Sanctimonious

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Affecting religious feeling

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Sanguine

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Cheerful

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Sardonic

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Mocking

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Scintillate

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To sparkle

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Scrupulous

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Careful

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Scrutinize

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To examine very carefully

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Secular

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Having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns

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Sedition

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Treason

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Segregate

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To separate

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Sensory

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Having to do with the senses or sensation

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Sentient

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Able to perceive by the senses

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Sequester

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To set or keep apart

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Serendipity

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Accidental good fortune

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20
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Servile

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Like a servant

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21
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Singular

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Exceptional

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Sinister

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Evil

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Slander

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To defame

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Sloth

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Laziness

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Sobriety
Seriousness
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Solicitous
Eager and attentive
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Solvent
Able to pay one's bills
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Soporific
Boring
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Sordid
Filthy
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Spawn
To produce a large number
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Specious
Attractive
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Sporadic
Stopping and starting
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Spurious
False
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Squalor
Degraded
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Squander
To waste
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Stagnation
Inactivity
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Static
Not changing or moving
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Staunch
Firmly committed
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Steadfast
Loyal
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Stigmatize
To set a mark of disgrace upon
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Stipulate
To require something as part of an agreement
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Stoic
Indifferent to pleasure or pain
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Stratum
A layer
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Stricture
A limitation
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Strife
Bitter conflict
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Stringent
Strict
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Stymie
To hinder
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Subjugate
To enslave
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Sublime
Awesome
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Subordinate
Secondary
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Substantive
Solid
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Subtle
Crafty
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Subversive
Corrupting
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Succinct
Brief and to the point
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Succumb
To die
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Supercilious
Haughty / patronizing
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Superficial
On the surface only
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Superfluous
Extra
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Surfeit
An excessive amount
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Surreptitious
Secret
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Surrogate
Substitute
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Sycophant
One who sucks up to others
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Synthesis
The combining of parts to form a whole