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30 Cards in this Set
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Restive; adj
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impatient, unesay, restless
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Reticent; adj
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not speaking freely; reserved
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Retinue; noun
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group of attendants with an important person
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Retiring; adj
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shy, modest, reserved
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Retrench; verb
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to cut down; to reduce
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Revelry; noun
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boisterous festivity
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Ribald; adj
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humorous in a vulgar way
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Riddle; verb
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to make many holes in; to permeate
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Ruminate; verb
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to contemplate, reflect upon
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Sacrosanct; adj
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extremely sacred; beyong criticism
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Sagacious; adj
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shred, keen
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Salubrious; adj
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healthful
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Sanguine; adj
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cheerfully optimistic; ruddy
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Sardonic; adj
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cynical, scornfully, mocking
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Scintilla; noun
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trace amount
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Scintillate; verb
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to sparkle, flash
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Scurrilous; adj
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vulgar, low, indecent
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Sectarian; adj
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narrow-minded; relating to a group or sect
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Senescent; adj
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old
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Sententious; adj
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having a moralizing tone
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Sentient; adj
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aware, conscious, able to perceive
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Seraphic; adj
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angelic, pure, sublime
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Simper; verb
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to smirk; to smile foolishly
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Sinuous; adj
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winding; intricate, complex
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Solecism; noun
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grammatical mistake
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Solipsism; noun
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belief that oneself is the only reality
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Somnolent; adj
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drowsy, sleepy; inducing sleep
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Sonorous; adj
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producing a full, rich sound
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Sophistry; noun
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deceptive reasoing or arguementation
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Soporific; adj
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sleepy or tending to cause sleep
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