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47 Cards in this Set
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sage
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person celebrated for wisdom
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salient
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prominent or conspicuous
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salubrious
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conducive or favorable to health or well-being
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sanction
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approve; ratify
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satiate
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satisfy fully
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saturate
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soak thoroughly
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savor
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to enjoy; to have experience of a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
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secrete
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to hide away or cache; produce and release a substance
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sedition
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incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government
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shard
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piece of broken pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig; a potsherd
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skeptic
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doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined evidence supporting a point of view
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sociopath
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a person whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility
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solicitous
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worried; concerned
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soporific
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sleep-inducing; lethargy; marked by sleepiness
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specious
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having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious (not true)
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spectrum
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colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
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sporadic
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occurring irregularly
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stigma
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a mark of shame or discredit
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stint
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to restrict or limit, as in amount or number; be sparing wtih
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stipulate
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to lay down as a condition of an agreement; require by contract
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stolid
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dull; impassive; unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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striated
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marked with parallel bands; grooved
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strut
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pompous walk or supporting bar
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subjugate
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to conquer: to bring under control and governance
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subpoena
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a writ requiring appearance in court to give testimony
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subside
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settle down; descend; grow quiet
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substantiate
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establish by evidence; verify; support
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subterfuge
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an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule
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supercilious
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arrogant, haughty, condescending
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supersede
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cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
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supplicate
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to make humble and earnest entreaty
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supposition
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hypothesis; surmise
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tacit
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understood; not put into words
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taciturn
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silent, not talkative
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tangential
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peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
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tenable
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capable of being held, maintained or defended
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tenacious
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holding fast; holding or tending to hold persistently to something
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tenditious
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marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan
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tenuous
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thin; rare; slim
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tirade
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extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
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torpor
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lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
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tortuous
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winding; full of curves
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tractable
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docile; easily managed or controlled
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transcendent
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going beyond ordinary limits
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transgression
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violation of a law; sin
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truculence
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aggressiveness; ferocity
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unconscionable
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not restrained by conscience; unscrupulous
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