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repertoire
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list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is ready to present
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reprehensible
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deserving blame
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reprieve
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temporary stay
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reprove
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censure; rebuke
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repulsion
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distaste; act of driving back
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revelry
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boisterous merrymaking
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rivulet
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small stream
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ruddy
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reddish; healthy looking
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saboteur
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one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
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saccharine
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cloying sweet
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salutary
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tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome
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sate
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satisfy to the full; cloy
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satirize
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mock
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saturate
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soak thoroughly
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saunter
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stroll slowly
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savant
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learned scholar
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schism
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division; split
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scintillate
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sparkle; flach
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scrupulous
conscientious |
extremely through, very careful
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sect
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separate religious body; faction
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secular
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wordly; not pertaining to church matters
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serendipity
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gift for finding valuable of desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
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shyster
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lawyer using questionable methods
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simplistic
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oversimplified
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sinous
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winding; bending in and out; not mortally honest
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smelt
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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sobriety
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moderation (especially regarding alcohol); seriousness
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soliloquy
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talking to oneself
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soporific
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sleep-causing; marked my sleepiness
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sordid
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vile; filthy; wretched; mean
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specious
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally
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spendthrift
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someone who wastes money
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spontaneity
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lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint
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spurious
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false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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stereotyped
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oversimplified; lacking individuality; seen as a type
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stoic
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impassive; unmoved by grief or joy
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sublime
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exalted; noble and uplifting; utter
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subversive
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tending to overthrow or destroy
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surfeit
satiate |
stuff; indulge to excess in anything
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taciturn
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habitually silent; talking little
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tangential
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peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
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tempestuous
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stormy; impassioned; violent
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agnostic
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skeptic; nonbeliever; denies possibility of ultimate knowledge in an area of study; doesn't take either of two sides
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tiller
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handle to move a boat's rudder (to steer)
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toady
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servile flatterer; yes man
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tractable
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docile; easily managed
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traduce
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slander; malign
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transcendent
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surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
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transgression
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violation of a law; sin
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transitory
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impermanent; fleeting
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