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16 Cards in this Set
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Stringent
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adj: rigidly controlled or enforced; severe; strict
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Stultifying
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adj: rendering useless or ineffectual; causing to appear stupid or ridiculous
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Substantiate
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verb: to support with proof or evidence; to verify
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Succinct
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adj: clearly expressed in a few words; concise; terse
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Sullen
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adj: silent and keeping to oneself because one feels angry, bitter, or hurt; resentful; morose, sulky
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Sumptuous
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adj: lavish; costly; extravagantly or luxuriously dressed
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Supercilious
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adj: proud and scornful; haughty; looking down on others
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Superficial
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adj: concerned with comprehending what is apparent or obvious; hasty; of or near the surface
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Superfluous
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adj: beyond what is required or sufficient; extra
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Surmise
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verb: to imagine or infer on slight grounds
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Succumb
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verb: give in to; yield, including to die
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Surfeit
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adj: excessive amount; overindulgence in eating or drinking
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Sybarite
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noun: sensualist; voluptuary; someone fond of luxury and good living
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Sycophant
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noun: a servile, self-seeking flatterer; a parasite
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Sylvan
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adj: living in, characteristic of the woods/forest
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Tantamount
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adj: equivalent to
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