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31 Cards in this Set
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rescind
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to invalidate, repeal, retract
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resolute
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adamant, steadfast, determined
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reticent
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quiet, reserved
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reverent
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expressing profound awe and respect
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rhetoric
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the art/study of language/communication
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rubric
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authoritative rule, heading, title, or category
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rue (v)
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to regret or feel remorse
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sagacious
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having sound judgment; perceptive; wise
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salacious
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appealing to or causing sexual desire; bawdy
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salient
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prominent, protruding, conspicuous; highly relevent
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salubrious
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promoting health or well-being
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salutary
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remedial; wholesome; causing improvement
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness; pretended peity
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sanction
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authoritative permission; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
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sanguine
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cheerful; confident; optimistic
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sap (v)
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to weaken the vitality of
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satiate
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to overindulge; satisfy to excess
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satire
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literary work that ridicules/criticizes
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saturnine
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gloomy
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scurvy (adj)
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contemptible, despicable
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sedulous
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diligent
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seine
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a large fishing net
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sere (adj)
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withered, arid
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seminal (adj)
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like a seed; constituting a source; originative
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shard
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a small piece or part
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simper (v)
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to smirk, to say something with a silly, coy smile
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sinecure (n)
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a paying position requiring little or no work
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singular
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exceptional; unusual
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sinuous
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winding; curving; moving lithely; devious
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slake
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to satisfy/quench; to lessen the intensity of
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sodden
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soaked; unimaginative; dull
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