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Saccharine
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excessively sweet or sentimental
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Sacrosanct
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extremely sacred; beyond criticism
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Sagacious
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shrewd, wise
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Salacious
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lustful
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Salient
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prominent or conspicuous
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Sallow
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sickly yellow in color
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Salubrious
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healthful
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Salutation
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greeting
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Sanction
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permission, support; law; penalty
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Sanctuary
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haven, retreat
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Sanguine
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ruddy, cheerfully optimistic
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Sap (v)
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to weaken gradually
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Sapient
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wise
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Sardonic
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cynical, scornfully mocking
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Satiate
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to satisfy
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Saunter
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to amble, walk in a leisurely manner
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Savant
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learned person
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Savory
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agreeable in taste or smell
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Scabbard
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sheath for sword or dagger
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Scabrous
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dealing with indecent things; blemished
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Scale (v)
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to climb to the top of
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Scantiness
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barely enough, meager
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Scarcity
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not enough, insufficient
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Scathing
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harshly critical; painfully hot
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Scenario
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plot outline, possible situation
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Schism
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a division or separation; disharmony
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Scintilla
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very small amount
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Scintillate
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to sparkle, flash
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Scion
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descendant, child
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Scoff
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to deride, ridicule
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Score (n)
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notation for musical composition
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Score (v)
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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 and precise
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Scrutiny
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careful observation
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Scurrilous
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vulgar, low, indecent
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Secant
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straight line intersecting a curve at two points
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Secede
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to withdraw formally from an organization
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Secluded
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isolated and remote
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Sectarian
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narrow-minded; relating to a group or sect
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Secular
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not specifically pertaining to religion
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Sedentary
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inactive, stationary; sluggish
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Sedition
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behavior promoting rebellion
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Seismology
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science of earthquakes
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Seminal
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relating to the beginning or seeds of something
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Senescent
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aging, growing old
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Sensual
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satisfying or gratifying the senses; suggesting sexuality
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Sententious
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having a moralizing tone
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Sentient
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aware, conscious, able to perceive
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Selpulchral
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typical of a place of burial
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Sequel
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anything that follows
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Sequester
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to remove or set apart; put into seclusion
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Seraphic
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angelic, pure, sublime
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Serendipity
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habit of making fortunate discoveries by chance
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Serenity
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calm, peacefulness
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Serpentine
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serpentlike; twisting, winding
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Serrated
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saw-toothed, notched
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Servile
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submissive, obedient
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Shard
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piece of broken glass or pottery
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Sheepish
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timid, meek, or bashful
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Shirk
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to avoid a task due to laziness or fear
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Sidle
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to cause to turn sideways; to move along one side
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Signify
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denote, indicate, symbolize
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Simian
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apelike; relating to apes
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Simper
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to smirk, smile foolishly
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Simple
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lacking in knowledge or intelligence
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Simulated
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fake, made to look real
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sincere
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genuine, true
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Sinecure
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well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
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Singe
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to burn slightly, scorch
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Sinuous
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winding; intricate, complex
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Skeptical
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doubtful, questioning
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Skulk
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to move in a stealthy or cautious manner; sneak
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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; insult
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Slipshod
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careless, hasty
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Sloth
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sluggishness, laziness
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Slough
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to discard or shed
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Slovenly
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untidy, messy
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Sluggard
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lazy, inactive person
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Smelt (v)
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to melt metal in order to refine it
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Smutty
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obscene, indecent
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Snippet
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tiny part, tidbit
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Sobriety
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seriousness
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Sobriquet
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nickname
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Sodden
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thoroughly soaked; saturated
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Sojourn
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visit, stay
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Solace
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comfort in distress; consolation
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Solarium
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room or glassed-in area exposed to the sun
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Solecism
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grammatical mistake
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Solicitous
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concerned, attentive; eager
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Solidarity
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unity based on common aims or interests
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Soliloquy
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literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others
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Solipsism
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belief that the self is the only reality
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Solstice
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shortest or longest day of the year
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Soluble
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capable of being solved or dissolved
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Somber
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dark and gloomy; melancholy, dismal
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Somnambulist
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sleepwalker
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Somnolent
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drowsy, sleepy; inducing sleep
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Sonic
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relating to sound
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Sonorous
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producing a full, rich 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 or argumentation
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Sophomoric
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immature and overconfident
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Soporific
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sleepy or tending to cause sleep
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Sordid
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filthy; contemptible and corrupt
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Sovereign
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having supreme power
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Spartan
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austere, severe, grave; simple, bare
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Spawn
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to generate, produce
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Specious
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deceptively attractice
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Speculation
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contemplation; act of taking business risks for financial gain
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Speculative
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involving assumption; uncertain; theoretical
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Splendid
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grand, illustrious
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Spontaneous
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on the spur of the moment, impulsive
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Sporadic
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infrequent, irregular
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Sportive
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frolicsome, playful
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Sprightly
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lively, animated, energetic
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Spur (v)
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to prod
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Spurious
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lacking authenticity; counterfeit, false
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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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Stagnant
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immobile, stale
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Staid
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self-restrained to the point of dullness
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Stalk (v)
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to hunt, pursue
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Stalwart
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strong, unwavering
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Stand (n)
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group of trees
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Stark
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bare, empty, vacant
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Stasis
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motionless state; standstill
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Stately
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grand, unapproachable
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Steadfast
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immovable
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Steady
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stable, unfaltering
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Stentorian
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extremely loud
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Stifle
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to smother or suffocate; suppress
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Stigma
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mark of disgrace or inferiority
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Stilted
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stiff, unnatural
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Stint (n)
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period of time spent doing something
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Stint (v)
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to be sparing or frugal
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Stipend
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allowance; fixed amount of money paid regularly
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Stockade
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enclosed area forming a defensive wall
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Stoic
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indifferent to or unaffected by emotions
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Stolid
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having or showing little emotion
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Stratagem
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trick designed to deceive an enemy
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Stratify
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to arrange into layers
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Striate
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striped, grooved
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Stricture
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something that restrains; negative cirticism
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Strident
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loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy
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Stringent
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imposing severe, rigorous standards
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Stripling
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an adolescent boy
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Stultify
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to impair or reduce to uselessness
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Stunted
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having arrested growth or development
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Stupefy
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to dull the senses of; stun, astonish
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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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Suave
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smoothly gracious or polite; blandly ingratiating
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Subdued
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suppressed, stifled
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Subjection
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dependence, obedience, submission
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Subjection
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dependence, obedience, submission
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Subjugate
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to conquer, subdue; enslave
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Sublimate
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to repress impulses
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Sublime
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awe-inspiring; of high spiritual or moral vluae
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Subliminal
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subconscious; imperceptible
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Submissive
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tending to be meek and submit
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Subpoena
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notice ordering someone to appear in court
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Subsequent
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following in time or order
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Substantial
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important, real
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Subterfuge
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trick or tactic used to avoid something
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Subterranean
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hidden, secret; underground
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Subtle
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hard to detect or describe; perceptive
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Subvert
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to undermine or corrupt
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Succinct
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terse, brief, concise
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Succulent
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juicy; full of vitality or freshness
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Sufferable
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bearable
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Suffragist
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one who advocated 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, stain, tarnish; taint
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Sumptuous
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lavish, spendid
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Superabundance
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excessive
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Supercilious
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arrogant, haughty, overbearing condescending
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Superannuated
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too old, obsolete, outdated
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Supererogatory
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nonessential
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Superficial
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hasty; shallow and phony
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Superfluous
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extra, more than necessary
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Supersede
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to take the place of; replace
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Supervise
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to direct or oversee the work of others
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Supplant
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to replace, substitute
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Supple
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flexible, pliant
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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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Surmount
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to conquer, overcome
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Surpass
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to do better than, be superior to
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Surplus
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excess
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Surreptitious
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characterized by secrecy
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Survey (v)
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to examine in a comprehensive way
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Susceptible
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vulnerable, unprotected
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Suspend
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to defer, interrupt; dangle, hang
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Sustain
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support, uphold; endure, undergo
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Sustain
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support, uphold; endure, undergo
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Sustenance
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supplying the necessities of life
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Swarthy
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having a dark complexion
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Sybrite
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person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Sycophant
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self-serving flatterer, yes-man
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Syllabus
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outline of a course
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Symbiosis
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cooperation, mutual helpfulness
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Symposium
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meeting with short presentation on related topics
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Synchronous
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happening at the same time
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Syncopation
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temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
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Synopsis
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plot summary
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Synthesis
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blend, combination
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Synthetic
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artificial, imitation
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