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50 Cards in this Set
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scourge
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punishment: lash, whip
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scrupulous
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having moral integrity; honest
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scurrilous
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obscene, indecent
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secular
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worldly, not pertaining to the church
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sedate
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composed, grave, serious
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sedentary
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characterized by or requiring much sitting
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sedulous
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diligent, painstaking
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sententious
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full of meaning; pompous
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severance
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division; breaking off(as a friendship)
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shibboleth
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slogan; catchy phrase
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sloth
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laziness, indolence
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slovenly
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untidy
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somnolent
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sleepy, drowsy
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sonorous
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loud, deep, or rich in sound: resonant
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specious
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect
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spectral
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ghostly
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splenetic
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marked by bad temper or spite
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sporadic
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occuring now and then; occasional
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spurious
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not genuine: false
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squalid
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filthy or neglected
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stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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Stoic
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not affected by passion or feeling
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stolid
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dull; impassive
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sublimate
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to refine; to purify
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strident
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harsh sounding: grating, shrill
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stringent
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binding; rigid
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subsistence
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existence; means of support
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stupor
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a state of extreme apathy
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suavity
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urbanity; polish
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subterfuge
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pretense; evasion
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succinct
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brief, concise
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succor
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aid, help or relief
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suffuse
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to spread over
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sully
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soil, smirch, to defile
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sultry
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sweltering
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supercilious
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haughtily contemptuous
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supine
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lying on the back
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supplicate
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to ask earnestly and humbly: beseech
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surfeit
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to overfeed or overdrink; an excessive amount
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surly
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rude
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surreptitious
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secret
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sycophantic
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servile flatterer
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sylvan
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rustic; pertaining to the woods
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tacit
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expressed without words or speech; implied
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taciturn
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silent; quiet person
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tactile
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pertaining to the sense of touch
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talisman
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a charm
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tantalize
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to tease
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tautological
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needlessly repetitious
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temerity
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rashness; boldness
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