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76 Cards in this Set
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skittish
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easily frightened
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skulk
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to move stealthily
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sleuth
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detective
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slight
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treat as unimportant; insult
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slipshod
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careless, hasty
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sloth
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laziness
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slough
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to discard, shed; creek in tidal flat
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slovenly
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untidy, messy
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sluggard
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lazy person
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smelt
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to melt metal to refine it
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smug
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annoyingly self-satisfied
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snippet
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tiny part
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sobriety
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seriousness
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sobriquet
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nickname
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sodden
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throughly soaked
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sojourn
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to visit, stay
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solace
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comfort in distress
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solarium
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glassed-in area exposed to sun
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solecism
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grammatical mistake
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solicitous
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anxious, concerned,eager
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solidarity
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unity based on common interests
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soliloquy
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dramatic monologue
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solipsism
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belief that you are only reality
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solstice
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shortest and longest days of year
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somber
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dark, gloomy
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somnambulist
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sleepwalker
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somnolent
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drowsy
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sonorous
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producing, full rich sound
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sophist
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one skilled at devious argument
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sophomoric
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immature and overconfident
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soporific
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causing sleep
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sordid
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filthy, corrupt
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sound
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firm, reliable
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sovereign
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having supreme power
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spartan
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simple
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spawn
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to generate
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specious
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false
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speculation
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contemplation, high-risk behavior
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sporadic
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infrequent and irregular
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sprightly
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lively, energetic
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spur
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to prod
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spurious
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false
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spurn
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to reject, 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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abrupt, separated sounds
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stagnant
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stale, immobile
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staid
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self-restrained, dull
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stalk
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to hunt, pursue
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stark
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bare, empty
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stasis
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motionless state
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stationary
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not moving
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stationery
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writing materials/office supplies
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status quo
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existing state of affairs
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stifle
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to smother, suppress
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stigma
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mark of disgrace/inferiority
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stilted
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stiff, unnatural
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stint
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period of time; to be sparing or frugal
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stipend
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allowance, money paid regularly
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stipulate
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to require, agree to
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stoic
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indifferent to pain or pleasure
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stolid
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showing little emotion
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stratify
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to arrange in layers
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stricture
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restraint, criticism
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strident
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loud, harsh, rigorous
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strumpet
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prostitute
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studied
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carefully contrived, calculated
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stultify
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to reduce to uselessness
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stunted
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having arrested growth
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stupefy
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to dull senses, astonish
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stymie
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to block/thwart
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suave
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smoothly polite, blandly ingratiating
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subdued
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suppressed, toned down
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subjection
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dependence, submission
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subjugate
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to conquer, enslave
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sublime
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awe-inspiring, of high moral value
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