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85 Cards in this Set
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sadistic
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inclined to cruelty
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saga
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scandinavian myth,any legend
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sagacious
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perceptive,shrewd,having insight
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sage
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person celebrated for wisdom
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salacious
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lascivious,lustful
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salient
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prominent
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saline
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salty
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sallow
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yellowish in colour,sickly
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salubrious
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healthful
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salutary
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tending to improve,beneficial,wholesome
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salvage
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rescue from loss
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sanctimonious
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displaying ostentetious or hypocritical devoutness
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sanction
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approve,ratify
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sanctuary
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refuge,shelter,shrine,holy place
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sanguinary
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bloody
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sanguine
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cheerful,hopeful
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sap
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diminish,undermine
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sarcasm
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scorful remark,stinging rebuke
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sardonic
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disdainful,sarcastic,cynical
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sartorial
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pertaining to tailors
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sate
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satisfy to the full,cloy
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satellite
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small body revolving around a larger one
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satiate
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satisfy fully
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satire
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form of literature in which irony,sarcasm,and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly
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satirical
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mocking
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saturate
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soak thoroughly
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saturine
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gloomy
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satyr
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half human,half bestial.Portrayed as wanton and cunning
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saunter
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stroll slowly
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savant
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scholar
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savor(v)(n)
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(v)enjoy,(n)have a distinctive flavour,smell or quality
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savory
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tasty,pleasing,attractive or agreeble
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scabbard
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case for a sword blade,sheath
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scad
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a great quantity
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scaffold
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temporary platform for workers,bracing,framework,platform for execution
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scale
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climb up,ascend
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scanty
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meager,insufficient
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scapegoat
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someone who bears the blame for others
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scavenge
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hunt through discarded materials for usable items,search,especially for food
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scenario
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plt outline,screenplay
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schematic
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relating to an outline or diagram,using a system of symbols
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schism
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division,split
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scintilla
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shred,least bit
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scintillate
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sparkle,flash
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scoff
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mock,ridicule
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scotch(v)
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stamp out,thwart,hinder
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scourge
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lash,whip,severe punishment
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scruple
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fret about,hesitate,for ethical reasons
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scrupulous
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concientious,extremely thorough
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scrutinize
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examine closely and critically
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scuffle
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struggle confusedly,move off in a confused hurry
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scurrilous
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obscene,indecent
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scurry
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move briskly
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scurvy
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despicable,contemptible
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scuttle
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sink
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seamy
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sordid,unwholesome
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sear
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char or burn,brand
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seasoned
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experienced
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secession
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withdrawal
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seclusion
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isolation,solitude
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secrete
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hide away or cache``,produce and release a substance into an organism
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sect
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separate religious body faction
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secular
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worldly,not pertaining to church matters,temporal
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sedate
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composed,grave
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sedentary
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requiring sitting
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sedition
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resistance to authority,insubordination
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sedulous
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diligent
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seedy
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run down,decripit,disreputable
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seemly
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proper,appropriate
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seep
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ooze,trickle
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seethe
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be disturbed,boil
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seine
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net for catching fish
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seismic
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pertaining to earthquakes
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semblance
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outward appearance,guise
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seminal
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germinal,influencing future developent,related to seed or semen
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seminary
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school for training future ministers,secondry school especially for young women
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senility
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old age,feeble mindedeness of old age
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sensitization
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process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance
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sensual
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devouted to the pleasures of the senses
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sensous
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pertaining to the phisical senses,carna,voluptous
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sentetious
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terse,concise,aphoristic
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sentient
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capable of sensation,aware,sensitive
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sentinel
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sentry,look out
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septic
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putrid,producing putrefaction
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sepulcher
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tomb
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