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30 Cards in this Set
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simpering
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smirking
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slattern
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n. : untidy or slovenly person
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sluice
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n. : artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water
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sobriquet
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n. : nickname
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splenetic
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adj. : spiteful; irritable; peevish
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spoliation
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n. : pillaging; depredation
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stertorous
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adj. : having a snoring sound
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striated
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adj. : marked with parallel bands
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stricture
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n. : critical comments; severe and adverse criticism
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strident
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adj. : loud and harsh
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stultify
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v. : cause to appear foolish or inconsistent
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sudorific
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adj. : pertaining to perspiration
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suffuse
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v. : spread over
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sumptuary
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adj. : limiting or regulating expenditures
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sunder
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v. : separate; part
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sundry
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adj. : various; several
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superannuated
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adj. : retired on pension because of age
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supernal
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adj. : heavenly; celestial
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suppliant
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adj. : entreating; beseeching
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surcease
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n. : cessation
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sylvan
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adj. : pertaining to the woods; rustic
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tarn
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n. : small mountain lake
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tatterdemalion
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n. : ragged fellow
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tawdry
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adj. : cheap and gaudy
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teleology
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n. : doctrine of final causes
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temerarious
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adj. : rash
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temporize
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v. : avoid committing oneself; gain time
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tendentious
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adj. : having an aim; designed to further a cause
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tenebrous
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adj. : dark; gloomy
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tergiversation
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n. : evasion; fickleness
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