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25 Cards in this Set
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SOPHIST
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person good at arguing deviously
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SOPHISTRY
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deceptive reasoning or argumentation
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SOPHOMORIC
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immature and overconfident
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SOPORIFIC
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sleepy or tending to cause sleep
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SORDID
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filthy; contemptible and corrupt
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SOVEREIGN
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having supreme power
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SPARTAN
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austere, severe, grave; simple, bare
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SPAWN
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to generate, produce
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SPECULATION
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contemplation; act of taking business risks for financial gain
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SPECULATIVE
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involving assumption; uncertain; theoretical
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SPORADIC
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infrequent, irregular
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SPORTIVE
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frolicsome, playful
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SPRIGHTLY
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lively, animated, energetic
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SPUR (v)
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to prod
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SPURIOUS
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lacking authenticity; counterfeit, false
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SPURN
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to reject or refuse contemptuously; scorn
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SQUALID
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filthy; morally repulsive
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SQUANDER
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to waste
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STACCATO
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marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds
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STAGNANT
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immobile, stale
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STAID
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self-restrained to the point of dullness
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STALK (v)
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to hunt, pursue
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STAND (n)
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group of trees
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STARK
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bare, empty, vacant
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STASIS
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motionless state; standstill
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