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82 Cards in this Set
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subliminal
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below the threshold
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submissive
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yielding, timid
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subordinate
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occupying a lower rank, inferior, submissive
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suborn
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persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)
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subpoena
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writ summoning a witness to appears
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subsequent
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following, later
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subservient
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behaving like a slave, servile
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subside
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settle down, descend, grow quiet
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subsidiary
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subordinate, secondary
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subsidy
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direct financial aid by government, etc.
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subsistence
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existence, means of support, livelihood
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substantial
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ample, solid, essential or fundamental
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substantiate
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establish by evidence, verify, support
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subsume
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include, encompass
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subterfuge
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pretense, evasion
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subversive
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tending to overthrow, destructive
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succor
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aid, assist, comfort
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succinct
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brief, terse, compact
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succulent
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juicy, full of richness
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succumb
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yield, give in, die
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suffragist
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advocate of voting rights (for women)
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suffuse
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spread over
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sully
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tarnish, soil
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sultry
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sweltering
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summation
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act of finding the total, summary
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sumptuous
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lavish, rich
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sunder
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separate, part
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sundry
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various, several
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superannuated
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retired or disqualified because of age
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supercillious
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arrogant, condescending, patronizing
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superergatory
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superfluous, more than needed or demanded
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superficial
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trivial, shallow
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superfluous
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excessive, overabundant, unnecessary
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superimpose
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place over something else
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supernumerary
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person or thing in excess of what is necessary, extra
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supersede
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cause to be set aside, replace, make obsolete
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supine
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lying on back
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supplant
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replace, usurp
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supple
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flexible, pliant
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suppliant
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entreating, beseeching
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supplicate
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petition humbly, pray to grant a favor
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supposition
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hypothesis, surmise
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supposititious
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assumed, counterfeit, hypothetical
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suppress
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stifle, overwhelm, subdue, inhibit
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surfeit
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satiate, stuff, indulge to excess in anything
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surly
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rude, gross
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surmise
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guess
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surmount
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overcome
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surpass
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exceed
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surreptitious
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secret, furtive, sneaky, hidden
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surrogate
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substitute
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surveillance
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watching, guarding
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susceptible
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impressionable, easily influenced, having little resistance, as to a disease, receptive to
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sustain
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experience, support, nourish
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sustenance
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means of support, food, nourishment
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suture
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stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision, material used in sewing
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swarthy
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dark, dusky
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swathe
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wrap around, bandage
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swelter
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be oppressed by heat
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swerve
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deviate, turn aside sharply
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swill
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drink greedily
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swindler
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cheat
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sybarite
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lover of luxury
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sycophant
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servile flatterer, bootlicker, yes man
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syllogism
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logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion, deceptive or specious argument
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sylvan
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pertaining to the woods, rustic
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symbiosis
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interdependent relationship (between groups, species), often mutually beneficial
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symmetry
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arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained
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synoptic
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providing a general overview, summary
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synthesis
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combining parts into a whole
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synthetic
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artificial, resulting from synthesis
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tacit
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understood, not put into words
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taciturn
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habitually silent, talking little
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tactile
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pertaining to the organs of sense of touch
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taint
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contaminate, cause to lose purity, modify with a trace of something bad
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talisman
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charm
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talon
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claw of bird
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tangential
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peripheral, only slightly connected, digressing
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tangible
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able to be thouched, real, palpable
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tanner
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person who turns animal hides into leather
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tantalize
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tease, torture with disappointment
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tantamount
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equivalent in effect of value
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