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121 Cards in this Set
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paean
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a song of praise of thanksgiving
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palliate
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to make less serious ease
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panacea
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cure all
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panegyric
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elaborate praise formal hymn of praise
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panoply
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impressive array
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parley
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discussion usually between enemies
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parochial
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of limited scope or outlook provincial
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parsimony
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stinginess
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pastiche
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piece of literature or music imitating other works
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paucity
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scarcity, lack
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peccadillo
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minor sin or offense
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peculation
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theft of money or goods
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penchant
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inclination
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penultimate
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next to last
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penumbra
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partial shadow
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perambulate
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to walk around
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periphrastic
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using circumlocution; use of long phrase and words when shorter ones could be used
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pernicious
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very harmful
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perspicacious
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shrewd astute keen witted
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pertinacious
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persistent stubborn
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phalanx
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massed group of soldiers, people, or things
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philistine
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narrow minded person someone lacking appreciation for art or culture
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plait
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to braid
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plangent
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resounding,plaintive
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plaudit
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to applaud
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pneumatic
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relating to air, worked to compressed by air
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polemic
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controversy argument verbal attack
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polygot
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speaker of many languages
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posit
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to put in position;to suggest an idea
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precept
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principal; law
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precursor
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forerunner, predecessor
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predilection
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preference liking
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prescient
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having foresight
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privation
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lack of usual necessities, or comforts
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probity
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honest, high mindness
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progenitor
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originator, forefather, ancestor in a direct light
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prognosticate
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to predict
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prolific
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productive fertile
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prolix
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tedious wordy
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promulgate
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to make known publicity
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propinquity
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nearness
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propitious
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favorable advantageous
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proselytie
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to induce someone to convert to a particular belief or religion
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prostrate
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lying face down, lying flat on the ground
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protagonist
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main character in a play or story hero
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provident
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frugal prudent
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provincial
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rustic limited in scope unsophisticated
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prurient
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lustful exhibiting rude desires
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puerile
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childish immature silly
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pulchritude
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beauty
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pundit
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an authority or critic
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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querulous
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inclined to complain, irritable
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quotidian
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occurring daily commonplace
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raconteur
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a witty skillful story teller
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raillery
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lighthearted, jesting
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rancour
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bitter hatred
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rapacious
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greedy predatory
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rapprochment
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reestablishing a friendly relationship
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raze
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to tear down demolish
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control
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recidivism
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tendency to repeat previous behavior
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recondite
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relating to obscure learning, known to only a gew
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recreant
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disloyal coward
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redress
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relief from wrong or injury
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rejoinder
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response
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renegate
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to go back on one's word
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renitent
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resisting pleasure obstinate
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repast
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meal
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reprobate
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morally unprincipled person
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requite
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to return or repay
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respite
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interval of relief
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restive
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impatient, uneasy, restless
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retinue
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group of attendants with an important person
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revelry
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boisterous festivety
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ribald
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humorous in a vulgar way
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riposte
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a retort
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rococo
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very highly ornamented
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rotund
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round in shape fat
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ruminate
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to contemplate reflect upon
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sacrosanct
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extremely sacred, beyond criticism
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sagacious
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shrewd wise
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salacious
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lustful
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salubrious
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heathful
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sanguine
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ruddy cheerful optimistic
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sapient
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wise
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scabbard
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sheath for a sword or dagger
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scintilla
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a very small amount
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scintillate
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to sparkle flash
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scurrilous
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vulgar low indecent
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sedition
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behavior promoting rebellion
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senescent
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aging growing old
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sentinent
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aware conscious able to perceive
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sepulchral
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typical of a place of burial
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seraphic
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angelic pure sublime
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shirk
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to avoid a task due to laziness or fear
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simper
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to smirk smile foolishly
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sinecure
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well paying job or office that requires little or no work
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slake
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to quench or moderate
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slovenly
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untidy messy
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sojourn
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temporary stay
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solecism
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grammatical mistake
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solipsism
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belief that the self is the only reality
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somnabulist
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sleepwalker
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sonorous
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producing a full rich sound
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sophist
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person good at arguing deviously
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sportive
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playful
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squalid
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filthy morally repulsive
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staid
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self restrained straight laced
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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striate
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striped grooved
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stringent
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imposing severe rigorous standards
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stymie
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to present as an obstacle
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subterfuge
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thick or tactic used to avoid something
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sully
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to soil stain or tarnish
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supercilious
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arrogant haughty overbaring
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surly
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rude or bad tempered
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surreptitious
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characterized by secrecy
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sybarite
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person devoted to pleasure or luxury
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synchophant
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self serving flatterer
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synchopation
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temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
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