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Sacerdotal

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adj. Of or relating to priests; pertaining to the priesthood.

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Sagacious

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adj. Wise; perceptive; shrewd; having insight.

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Salient

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adj. Prominent; projecting beyond a line; outstanding.

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Salubrious

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adj. Healthful; conducive to good health; beneficial.

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Salutary

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adj. Tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; promoting well-being.

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Samovar

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n. A metal urn; a teakettle.

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Sanguinary

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adj. Bloody; with much bloodshed; bloodthirsty.

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Sanguine

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adj. Optimistic; cheerful; hopeful of the future.

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Sapient

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adj. Wise; sagacious; acute.

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Sardonic

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adj. Overly mocking; disdainful; sarcastic.

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Sartorial

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adj. Pertaining to tailors or tailoring; pertaining to clothing.

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Saxicolous

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adj. Living among rocks; growing among rocks or boulders.

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Scarify

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v. To make small cuts in or on, as for example the skin; to break up and loosen the surface of.

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Scintillate

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v. To sparkle; to glitter; to flash.

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Scrappy

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adj. Disconnected; fragmented.

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Scurrilous

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adj. Abusive; obscene; inappropriate; indecent.

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Scurvy

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adj. Contemptible; mean.

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Scuttle

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v. To sink a ship; to scrap or to discard and do away with.

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Secrete

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v. To conceal or to hide; to place out of sight.

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Sedentary

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adj. Performed while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled.

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Sedition

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n. Conduct or language inciting rebellion; act of rebellion; an act of resistance to authority.

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Seine

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n. A net for catching fish; a fishing net that hangs vertically when deployed in the water.

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Sententious

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adj. Pithy; terse; short and concise; aphoristic; self-righteous; tending to be excessively moralizing.

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Sequacious

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adj. Proceeding smoothly; happening regularly; something that is disposed to follow.

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Serried

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adj. pressed closely together; crowded.

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Shamble

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v. To walk awkwardly.

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Shrug

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v. To consider unimportant; to disregard; to designate as boring and irrelevant.

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Shunt

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v. To move; to shove; to get rid of or to send away; to change the course of.

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Shyster

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n. An unethical lawyer; and unscrupulous person.

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Sibylline

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adj. Prophetic; oracular.

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Simian

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n. Related to or like a monkey.

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Sinecure

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n. A well-paid position that requires little work and little -- if any -- responsibilities.

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Sinuous

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adj. Twisting; winding, tortuous.

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Skinflint

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adj. A miser; somebody who is stingy; somebody reluctant to spend money.

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Slag

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n. The residue from smelting metal; waste matter; drainage.

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Slipshod

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adj. Careless; sloppy; untidy; faulty.

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Sloven

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n. A person who is habitually unconcerned with his outward appearance or his work.

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Smelt

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v. To melt with the goal of separating; to blend ores so that they change their chemical composition.

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Sobriety

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n. Moderation pertaining to the indulgence in alcohol; the quality of being sober.

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Sobriquet

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n. Nickname; a fancy or familiar name for a person.

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Solecism

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n. A nonstandard or outdated grammatical construction; a grammatical mistake.

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Solicitous

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adj. anxious; worried; concerned.

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Somatic

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adj. Of or relating to the bod; bodily; physical.

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Sophistry

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n. Fallacious reasoning; an invalid logical argument meant to mislead.

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Sophomoric

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adj. Immature; not fully developed; like a sophomore.

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Sordid

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adj. Wretched; selfish; dirty.

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Sovereignty

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n. The condition of complete independence and self-government; supremacy of authority.

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Spangle

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n. A small shiny piece that is placed onto a garment for decoration; and ornament.

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Spasmodic

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adj. Without rhythm; fitful; of or like a spasm.

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Specious

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adj. Seemingly reasonable but actually incorrect; intentionally misleading.

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Sprightly

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adj. Lively; animated.

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Spurious

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adj. False; counterfeit; lacking authenticity.

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Staid

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adj. Serious; fixed; settled; permanent; not flimsy.

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Stentorian

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adj. Loud; extremely powerful.

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Stertorous

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adj. Characterized by a loud and heavy sound made while snoring.

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Stigmatize

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v. To defame; to denounce; to describe something or somebody scornfully or in bad taste.

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Stockade

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n. An enclosure made of wood; a series of posts implanted into the ground which act as a barrier or blockade.

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Stodgy

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adj. Dull; unimaginative; unoriginal; conservative.

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Stratagem

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n. A scheme aimed to deceive; a trick.

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Stultify

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v. To make or cause to appear or become stupid or foolish; to frustrate; to hinder.

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Stygian

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adj. Dark; gloomy; black.

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Stylize

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v. To restrict to a particular style; to fix in accordance to a specific convention.

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Sublimate

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v. To refine; to make pure; to rarefy.

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Substantiation

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n. An analysis or documentation of a particular topic.

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Succor

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n. Assistance; help; relief.

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Suffragist

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n. A person who advocates the extension of voting rights to women.

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Sunder

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v. To separate; to part; to cleave or sever.

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Sundry

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adj. Miscellaneous; separate; assorted.

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Supercilious

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adj. Disdainful characterized by haughty scorn; arrogant.

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Supererogatory

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adj. Superfluous; more than is needed or demanded.

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Supernumerary

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adj. In excess of what is prescribed, stated, or necessary.

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Supine

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adj. Lying on the back; passive; inactive.

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Suppliant

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n. A person who petitions; somebody who is aspiring for a specific office or duty.

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Suppurate

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v. To form or give out pus; to deteriorate; to break.

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Surcharge

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n. An amount charged in addition to the sale price; an added amount.

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Svelte

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adj. Slim; slender in figure; suave.

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Swarthy

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adj. Dark; dusky; dark brown; blackish.

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Swelter

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v. To suffer from oppressive heat; to cook; to be oppressed by extreme high temperatures.

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Swill

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v. To drink greedily.

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Sybarite

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n. A person who loves luxury; a gourmet; somebody who strives for access to only the finest and most expensive items.

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Sylvan

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adj. Related to the woods or the forest; composed of branches, roots, leaves, bark, etc.

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Syncopate

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v. To change the rhythm of; to place emphasis on or to stress those regions that generally are not emphasized; to condense.

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Synoptic

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adj. Providing an overview or summary.