List 9: S-T

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salutary

Back 1

something that has a good effect

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sanguine

Back 2

confident and hopeful

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savant

Back 3

someone who has a lot of knowledge

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scintillating

Back 4

very clever, amusing, and interesting

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scrupulous

Back 5

very careful to be honest and to do what is morally correct; done very carefully, giving a lot of attention to details

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secession

Back 6

withdrawal into privacy or solitude; formal withdrawal from an organization or a nation

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secular

Back 7

not religious, or not connected with religion

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sedition

Back 8

the crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government

Front 9

sedulous

Back 9

showing continued hard work, effort, and determination

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seminal

Back 10

having a strong influence on ideas, works, events, etc. that come later: very important and influential

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sequester

Back 11

to keep a group of people, especially a jury in a court trial, apart from other people

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serendipity

Back 12

the occurence and development of events by change in a happy or beneficial way

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serpentine

Back 13

having many bends and turns; resembling a serpent

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sibilant

Back 14

making a sound like the letters 's' or 'sh'

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simulate

Back 15

to produce the features of something in a way that seems real but is not; to have features or qualities that are similar to a particular substance

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sinecure

Back 16

a job that pays you a regular salary but for which you do not need to work hard

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slovenly

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careless or untidy

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solicit

Back 18

to ask someone for something, such as money or support

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somnolent

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feeling ready to sleep; very quiet and peaceful

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sonorous

Back 20

sounding deep and strong in a pleasant way

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sophistry

Back 21

arguments or explanations that seem clever and correct but are actually false and used for tricking people

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spurious

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not genuine sincere or authentic

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spurn

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to refuse to accept something, do something, or deal with something

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stalwart

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loyal, strong

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stigma

Back 25

a feeling that something is wrong or embarrassing in some way

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stipend

Back 26

money paid regularly to someone

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stoic

Back 27

someone who accepts things without complaining

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stolid

Back 28

showing little or no emotion or interest

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stridency

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having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound, shrillness

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sublimal

Back 30

something that affects you even if you don't notice it

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subordinate

Back 31

having less power or authority than someone else

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subservient

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compliant and obedient

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subsidiary

Back 33

less important than but related or supplementary to

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subterfuge

Back 34

the use of lies and tricks

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subversive

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intended to destroy the power or influence of a government or an established belief

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suffrage

Back 36

the right to vote

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sully

Back 37

to damage or spoil something

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sultry

Back 38

hot and humid; attractive in a way that suggests a passionate nature

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superannuated

Back 39

obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments

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supple

Back 40

able to move and bend very easily

Front 41

supposition

Back 41

something that you believe is true although you cannot prove it

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surreptitious

Back 42

done or made secretly, so that others will not notice

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surrogate

Back 43

someone or something that replaces another person or thing as their representative