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