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166 Cards in this Set
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Raconteur
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witty
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Raging
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wild
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Rail
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to scold with bitter or abusive language
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Raillery
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lighthearted jesting
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Rampant
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unrestrained
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Ramshackle
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likely to collapse
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Rancor
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bitter hatred
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Rant
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to forcefully scold
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Rapacious
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greedy
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Rapport
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relationship of trust and respect
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Ratify
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to approve formally
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Ratiocination
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methodical
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Raucous
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harsh-sounding
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Ravine
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deep, narrow gorge
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Raw
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vulgar
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Raze
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to tear down, demolish
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Reactionary
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marked by extreme conservatism
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Rebarbative
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irritating
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Rebuff
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blunt rejection
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Rebuke
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scold
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Rebut
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to refute with evidence
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Recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control
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Recapitulate
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to review with a brief summary
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Recreant
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disloyal
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Rectitude
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moral uprightness
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Redress
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relief from wrong doing or injury
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Refectory
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room where meals are served
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Regimen
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government rule
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Rejoinder
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response
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Relegate
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to assign a class
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Relent
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to become gentler in attitude
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Remit
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to send as payment
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Remuneration
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pay or reward for work
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Renascent
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reborn, coming into being again
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Renage
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to go back on one’s work
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Renitent
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resisting pressure
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Rent
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torn apart
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Repast
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meal or mealtime
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Replete
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abundantly supplied
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Repose
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relaxation
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Reprehend
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to criticize
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Reprise
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repetition
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Reproach
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to find fault with, blame
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Reprobate
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morally unprincipled person
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Reprove
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to criticize or correct
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Requiem
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hymns for the dead
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Requite
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to return
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Restive
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Reticent
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reserved
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Retinue
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group of attendants with an important person
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Retort
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cutting response
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Retrench
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to regroup, reorganize
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Revile
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verbally abuse
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Revitalize
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to renew
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Rhapsody
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emotional literacy or musical work
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Rhetoric
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persuasive use of language
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Ribald
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humorous in a lewd way
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Riddle
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to make holes in, permeate
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Rife
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widespread
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Riposte
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a retort
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Robust
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strong and hardy
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Rococo
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very highly ornamented
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Roil
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to disturb or cause disorder
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Root
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to dig with a snout
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Rostrum
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a public stage for speaking
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Rue
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to regret
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Ruffled
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irritated
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Rustic
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rural
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Sacrosanct
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extremely sacred
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Salient
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prominent
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Sallow
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sickly yellow in color
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Sanction
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permission; law; penalty
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Sanguine
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ruddy; cheerfully optimistic
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Sap
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to weaken gradually
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Sapient
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wise
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Saunter
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to amble, walk in a leisurely way
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Scabbard
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sheath for a sword
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Scabrous
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dealing with indecent things
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Scale
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to climb to the top of
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Schism
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a division or separation
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Scintilla
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a small amount
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Scintillate
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to sparkle
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Scion
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a child
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Scoff
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to deride, ridicule
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Score
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to make a notch or scratch
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Scrivener
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professional copyist
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Scrupulous
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restrained careful person
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Scurrilous
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vulgar, low
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Secant
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straight line intersecting a curve at two points
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Sectarian
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narrow-minded
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Sedition
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behavior promoting rebellion
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Seminal
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relating to the beginning
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Sententious
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having a moralizing tone
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Sepulchral
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typical of a place of burial
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Seraphic
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angelic
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Serpentine
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serpent like, twisting
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Sheepish
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timid
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Shirk
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to avoid a task due to laziness
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Sidle
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to cause to turn sideways, to move along one side
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Simian
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apelike
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Simper
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to smirk
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Sinecure
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well paying job that doesn’t require much work
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Singe
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to burn slightly, scortch
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Sinuous
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winding
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Slake
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to calm down or moderate
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Slight
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to treat as unimportant
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Slipshod
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careless hasty
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Slough
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to discard or shed
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Smelt
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to melt metal in order to refine it
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Smutty
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obscene
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Sobriety
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seriousness
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Sodden
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soaked
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Sojourn
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visit, stay
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Solecism
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grammatical mistake
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Solicitous
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concerned, attentive
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Solidarity
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unity based on interests
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Solipsism
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belief that the self is the only reality
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Somnolent
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drowsy
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Sonic
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relating to sound
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Sophist
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person good at arguing deviously
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Sophistry
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deceptive reasoning
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Sordid
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filthy
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Sovereign
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having supreme power
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Spartan
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austere, severe
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Sportive
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playful
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Sprightly
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lively
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Spur
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to prod
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Spurn
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to reject or refuse contemptuously, scorn
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Squabble
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quarrel
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Squalid
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filthy
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Squander
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to waste
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Staccato
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marked by abrupt, clear cut sounds
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Staid
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self-restrained to the point of dullness
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Stalwart
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strong unwavering
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Stark
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bare, empty, vacant
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Stentorian
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extremely loud
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Stilted
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stiff, unnatural
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Stint
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period of time spent doing something; frugal
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Stockade
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enclosed area forming a defensive wall
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Stratagem
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trick designed to deceive an enemy
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Stricture
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something that restrains
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Strident
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loud, harsh
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Stripling
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an adolescent boy
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Stylize
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to fashion, formalize
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Stymie
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to block or thwart
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Subjection
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dependence, obedience, submission
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Sublimate
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to repress impulses
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Subterfuge
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trick or tactic used to avoid something
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Sufferable
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bearable
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Suffragist
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one who advocates extended voting rights
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Sullen
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brooding, gloomy
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Sully
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to soil
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Superannuated
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too old
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Supercilious
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arrogant
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Supererogatory
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unessential
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Superfluous
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extra
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Supplant
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to replace
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Supplicant
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one who asks humbly and earnestly
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Supposition
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assumption
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Surfeit
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excessive amount
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Surly
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rude and bad tempered
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Surmise
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to make an educated guess
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Surreptitious
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characterized by secrecy
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Swarthy
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having a dark complexion
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Sybarite
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person devoted to pleasure
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Syncopation
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temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
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