Barron's Wordlist42

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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