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131 Cards in this Set

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sagacious
having sound judgement, wise
salacious
appealing to or causing sexual desire
salient
prominent, protruding
salubrious
promoting health, wellbeing
Salutary
remedial, salutary, causing improvement
sanctimony
self-righteousness, pretended piety
sanction
authoritative permission, penalty intended to enforce compliance
sanguine
cheerful, confident, optimistic
sap
to enervate, or to weaken the vitality of
satiate
overindulge, to satisfy to excess
satire
literary work that critisizes or ridicules human vice through humor or derision
saturnine
gloomy, dark, morose
scurvy
despicable, contemptable
sedulous
persistent, diligent
seine
a net used that is dragged to catch fish
sere
arid, withered
seminal
like a seed, originative
shard
piece of broken glass or pottery
simper
say s/t with silly coy smile, smirk
sinecure
a job requiring little or no work for pay
singular
exceptional, unusual, odd
sinuous
winding, curving, devious
Slake
satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of.
sodden
soaked, drenched, dull
sordid
characterized by filth, grime
squalor
filth
sparse
thin not dense
specious
seeming true but actually false
spendthrift
one who spends money wastefully
splenetic
bad-tempered, irritable
sporadic
occurring only occasionally
spurious
lacking authenticity, counterfeit
Squalid
sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect
squander
to waste
Stanch
to stop the flow of
Static
not moving
steep
to saturate or completely soak
stentorian
very loud and powerul
stint
to restrain, to be sparing or frugal, skimp?
solder
to weld, fuse, join together
solicitous
attentive, concerned, eager
solvent
able to meet financial obligations
sophistry
fallacious reasoning, plausibel but faulty logic
sophomoric
pretentious, immature, exhibiting lack of judgement
soporific
tending to induce sleep, causing drowsiness
stoic
indifferent to, or unaffected by pleasure or pain
stolid
calm, impassive
striated
striped, grooved, or banded
strut
structural support used to brace a framework
stupefy
to stun, to baffle
stymie
block, twart
subpoena
court order requiring appearance and or testimony
succor
assistence, relief in time of distress
sundry
various, miscellaneous, seperate
supercilious
arrogant, disdainful, haughty
superflous
exceeding what is necessary
supine
mentally or morally slack, lying on one's back, apathetic,
supplant
to take to the place of, supercede, supervene
suppliant
asking humbly, beseeching
beseech
to request earnestly
adjure
to ask for or request ernestly
supplicant
begger
surfeit (v)
to feed or supply in excess
sycophant
someone who tries to please or flatter for personal gain, parasite.
table (v)
to remove from consideration (as a parliamentary notion)
taciturn
not talkative, silent, implied
talisman
something believd to have magic power or bestow good luck
tamp
to plug, to drive down with a series of blows
tautology
repetition, redundancy, a circular argument
tawdry
showy, tacky, cheap
tenacity
the quality of adherence to something valued
tenacious
stubborn
tendentious
biased, showing marked tendencies
tender
offer formally
tenuous
thin, flimsy, unsubstantial
terse
brief and concise in wording
timorous
fearful, timid, diffident
tirade
long and extremely critical speech
toady
sycophant, yes-man, flaterrer
torpid
dormant, sluggish, lathargic
torque
the force that causes rotation
torrid
ardent, extremely hot, passionate, hurried
tortuous
winding
tout
to praise publicly, promote
tractable
obedient, docile, easily led
transient
fleeting
travesty
mockery, parody
trenchant
sharply perceptive, biting, clear cut
truculent
eager to fight fierce
tumid
swollen
turbid
muddy, having sediment stirred up
turgid
swollen, pompous, excessively ornate
turpitude
depravity, baseness
tyro
novice, beginner in learning
ubiquitous
existing everywhere at the same time
umbrage
offense, resentment
undulate
to move in a wavelike fashion
unfeigned
genuine
untenable
indefensable, uninhabitable, not viable
untoward
troublesome, unruly, adverse
upbraid
to scold sensure, rebuke
unseemly
indecoroso, indecent
urbane
sophisticated, refined, elegant
usury
charging an exorbitant rate of interest
vacilate
to waver undecisively
variegated
multicolored
vaunt
to brag or boast
venal
capable of being bought or bribed
venality
use of position for personal gain
venerate
to revere
veracity
truthfulness, honesty
verisimilitude
appearing true
veritable
authentic, real
vexation
annoyance, irritation
vigilant
alertly watchful
vilify
to defame
virulent
extremely harmful or poisonous, antagonistic
viscous
thick, sticky
vitiate
to spoil, make ineffective, reduce the value of
vituperate
censure severely
volatile
changeable, readily changing to a vapor, fickle, explosive
voracious
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
waft
a light breeze, a puff
Waver
to sway, to move to and fro
welter
to writhe, to toss about, to be in turmoil
turmoil
hullabalou
wend
to go, to proceed, to walk
whet
to sharpen or stimulate
whimsical
imaginative, unpredictable
zealous
fervent, ardent
vituperate
to use harsh condemnatory language