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sadistic

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adj. inclined to cruelty

n. sadism

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saga

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n. Scandinavian myth; any legend


this is a saga of the sea

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sagacious

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adj. perceptive; shrewd; having insight

my father is a sagacious judge of character

n. sagacity

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salacious

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adj. lascivious; lustful


he is salacious, a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests

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salient

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adj prominent



one of the salient features of the newspaper is...

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saline

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adj. salty


saline taste

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sallow

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adj. yellowish; sickly in color


she had a sallow complexion

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salubrious

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adj. healthful



many people w/ hay fever move to more salubrious sections of the country

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salutary

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adj. tending toimprove; beneficial; wholesome


the punishment had a salutary effect on the boy

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sanctimonious

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adj. displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness


you do not have to be so sanctimonious to prove that you are devout

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sanguinary

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adj. bloody


the battle was unexpectedly sanguinary

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sanguine

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adj. cheerful; hopeful

let's not be too sanguine about the outcome; something could go wrong

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sap

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v. diminish; undermine

it sapped his strength

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sardonic

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adj. disdainful; sarcastic; cynical

sardonic humor of nightclub comedians

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sartorial

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adj. pertaining to tailors


the sartorial splendor of his attire

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sate

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v. satisfy to the full; cloy


Its hunger sated, the lion dozed.

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satire

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n. form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly

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saturnine

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adj. gloomy

Do not be mislead by his saturnine countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks

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satyr

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n. half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wanton and cunning

He was like a satyr in his lustful conduct

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saunter

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v. stroll slowly



we sauntered thru the park

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savant

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n. scholar


our faculty includes many famous savants

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scabbard

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n. case for a sword blade; sheath

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scad

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n. a great quantity


i've got scads of clothes

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scaffold

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n. temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution


the workers put up a scaffold to alllow them to work on the 2nd story

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scale

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v. climb up; ascend


Lee scaled the ladder to find the book

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scanty

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adj. meager; insufficient

scanty helping of food

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scavenge

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v. hunt thru discarded materials for usable items; search, esp for food

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schematic

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adj. relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols


schematic diagram illustrating the relationships btn items

n. schema

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schism

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n. division; split


Let us not widen the schism by further bickering

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scintilla

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n. shred; least bit


You have not produced a scintilla of evidence to support your argument

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scintillate

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v. sparkle; flash

our conversation always scintillates

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scoff

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v. mock; ridicule


he scoffed at dentists until he has his first toothache

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scotch

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v. stamp out; thwart; hinder


She tried to scotch the rumor that she had stolen her best friend's fiance

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scourge

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n. lash; which; sever punishment


they regarded the plague as a deadly scourge

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scruple

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v. fret about; hesitate, for ethical reasons


Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair, she did not scruple to read his diary

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scrupulous

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adj. conscientious; extremely thorough


he is scrupulous in fulfilling his duties at work

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scuffle

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v. struggle confusedly; move off in a confused manner

The twins scuffled, wrestling for the toy

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scurrilous

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adj. obscene; indecent

your scurrilous remarks are offensive

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scurvy

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adj. despicable; contemptible


peter pan sneered at Captain Hook and his scurvy crew

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scuttle

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v. sink


they scuttled their boat instead of surrendering it to their enemy

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seamy

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adj. sordid; unwholesome



the Godfather did not want to expose his seamy side to his family

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sear

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v. char or burn; brand


she seared her hand badly on the grill

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seasoned

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adj. experienced


the coach wished he had more seasoned players on the team

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secession

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n. withdrawal from alliance or an organization

v. secede

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secrete

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v. hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism


the pack rat secretes odds and ends in its nest

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sect

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n. separate religious body; faction


adj. sectarian

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secular

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adj. wordly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal



the church leaders decided not to interfere in secular matters

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sedate

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adj. composed grave


the parents worried that their son was too quiet and sedate

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sedentary

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adj. requiring sitting


sedentary nature of the job

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sedition

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n. resistance to authority; insubordination

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sedulous

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adj. diligent

n. sedulity

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seedy

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adj. run-down; decrepit; disreputable


i dont' want to stay in the seedy hotel

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seemly

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adj. proper; appropriate


Lady Bracknell didn't think it was seemly for Ernest to lack a proper family

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seethe

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v. be disturbed; boil


the nation was seething w/ discontent

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seine

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n. net for catching fish

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seismic

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adj. pertaining to earthquakes


The Richter scale is a measurement of seismic disturbances

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semblance

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n. outward appearance; guise

this book only has a semblance of wisdom and scholarship... it actually has lots of errors

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seminal

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adj. germinal; influencing future developments; related to seed or semen


Freud was a seminal thinker who shaped the course of psychology

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seminary

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n. school for training future ministers; secondary school esp for young women

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senility

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n. old age; feeblemindedness of old age

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sensitization

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n. process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance


her extreme sensitization to chemicals

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sensual

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adj. devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptuous


what caused him to drop his sensual way of life and become so ascetic?

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sententious

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adj. terse; concise; aphoristic


his sententious style is pleasing

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sentient

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adj. capable of sensation; aware; sensitive


there was a sentient, intelligent creature from outer space

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Sentinel

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n. sentry; lookout

he posted sentinel around the encampment

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septic

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adj. putrid; producing putrefaction


the patients suffered from septic poisoning

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sepulcer

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n. tomb

he was buried in the sepulcer by the sea