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82 Cards in this Set
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sadistic
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inclined to cruelty
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saga
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Scandinavian myth, any legend
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sagacious
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perceptive, shrewd, having insight
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sage
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person celebrated for wisdom
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salacious
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lascivious, lustful
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salient
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prominent
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saline
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salty
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sallow
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yellowish, sickly in color
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salubrious
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healthful
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salutary
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tending to improve, beneficial, wholesome
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salvage
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rescue from loss
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sanctimonious
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displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
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sanction
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approve, ratify
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sanctuary
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refuge, shelter, shrine, holy place
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sanguinary
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bloody
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sanguine
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cheerful, hopeful
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sap
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diminish, undermine
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sarcasm
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scornful remark, stinging rebuke
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sardonic
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disdainful, sarcastic, cynical
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sartorial
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pertaining to tailors
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sate
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satisfy to the full, cloy
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satellite
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small body revolving around a larger one
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satiate
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satisfy fully
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satire
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form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly
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satirical
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mocking
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saturate
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soak thoroughly
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saturnine
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gloomy
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satyr
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half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wanton and cunning
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saunter
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stroll slowly
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savant
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scholar
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savor
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enjoy, have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
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savory
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tasty, pleasing , attractive, agreeable
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scabbard
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case for a sword blade, sheath
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scad
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great quantity
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scaffold
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temporary platform for workers, bracing framework
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scale
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climb up, ascend
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scanty
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meager, insufficient
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scapegoat
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someone who bears the blame for others
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scavenge
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hunt through discarded materials for usable items, search, especially for food
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scenario
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plot outline, screenplay, opera libretto
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schematic
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relating to an outline or diagram, using a system of symbols
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schism
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division, split
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scintillate
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sparkle, flash
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scintilla
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shred, least bit
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scoff
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mock, ridicule
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scotch
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stamp out, thwart, hinder
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scourge
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lash, whip, severe punishment
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scruple
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fret about, hesitate for ethical reasons
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scrupulous
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conscientious, extremely thorough
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scrutinize
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examine closely and critically
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scurrilous
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obscene, indecent
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scurry
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move briskly
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scurvy
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despicable, contemptible
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scuttle
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sink
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seamy
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sordid, unwholesome
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sear
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char or burn, brand
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seasoned
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experienced
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secession
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withdrawal
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seclusion
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isolation, solitude
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secrete
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hide away or cache, produce and release a substance into an organism
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sect
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separate religious body, faction
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secular
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worldly, not pertaining to church matters, temporal
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sedate
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composed, grave
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sedentary
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requiring sitting
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sedition
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resistance to authority, insubordination
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sedulous
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diligent
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seemly
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proper, appropriate
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seep
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ooze, trickle
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seethe
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be disturbed, boil
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seine
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net for catching fish
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seismic
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pertaining to earthquakes
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semblance
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outward appearance, guise
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seminary
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school for training future ministers, secondary school, especially for young women
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senility
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old age, feeblemindedness of old age
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sensitization
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process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance
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sensual
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devoted to the pleasures of the senses, carnal, voluptuous
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sensuous
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pertaining to the physical senses, operation through the senses
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sententious
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terse, concise, aphoristic
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sentient
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capable of sensation, aware, sensitive
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sentinel
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sentry, lookout
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septic
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putrid, producing putrefaction
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sepulcher
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tomb
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