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30 Cards in this Set
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scurrilous (adj)
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obscene, indecent
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scurry (v)
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move briskly
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scurvy (adj)
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despicable, contemptible
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scuttle (v)
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sink
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seamy (adj)
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sordid, unwholesome
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sear (v)
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char or burn, brand
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seasoned (adj)
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experienced
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secession (n)
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withdrawal
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secrete (v)
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hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
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sect (n)
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separate religious body; faction
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secular (adj)
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worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal
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sedate (adj)
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composed; grave
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sedentary
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requiring sitting
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sedition (n)
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resistance to authority; insubordination
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seedy (adj)
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run-down; decrepit; disreputable
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seemly (adj)
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proper; appropriate
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seep (v)
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ooze; trickle
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seethe (v)
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be disturbed; boil
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seine (n)
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net for catching fish
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seismic (adj)
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pertaining to earthquakes
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semblance (n)
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outward appearance, guise
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seminal (adj)
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germinal; influencing future developments; related to seed or semen
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seminary (n)
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school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women
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sensitization (n)
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process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance
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sensual (adj)
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devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptuous
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sepulcher
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tomb
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septic
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putrid, producing putrefaction
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sentinet (n)
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sentry, lookout
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sententious (adj)
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terse, concise, aphoristic
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sensuous (adj)
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pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses
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