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79 Cards in this Set
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repetition
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rotundity
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roundness; sonorousness of speech
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rubble
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fragments
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rubicund
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having a healthy reddish color; ruddy; florid
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ruddy
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reddish; healthy-looking
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rudimentary
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not developed; elementary
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rueful
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regreatful; sorrowful; dejected
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ruminate
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chew the cud; ponder
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rummage
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ransack; thoroughly search
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ruse
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trick; stratagem
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rusticate
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banish to the country; dwl in the country
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ruthless
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pitiless
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sacerdotal
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priestly
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sacrilegious
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desecrating; profne
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sacrosanct
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most sacred; inviolable
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sadistic
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inclined to cruelty
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saffron
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orange-colored; colored like the autumn crocus
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saga
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Sandinavian myth; any legend
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sagacious
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keen; shrewd; having insight
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salient
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prominent
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saline
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salty
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sallow
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yellowish; sickly in color
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salubrious
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healthful
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salutary
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tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome
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salvage
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rescue from loss
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sangfroid
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coolness in a trying situation
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sanguinary
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bloody
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sanguine
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cheerful; hopeful
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sapid
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savory; tasty; relishable
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sapient
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wise; shrewd
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sardonic
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disdainful; scarcastic; cynical
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sate
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satisfy to the full; cloy
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satiate
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surfeit; satisfy fully
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satiety
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conition of being crammed full; glutted state; repletion
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saturate
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soak
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saturnine
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gloomy
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saunter
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stroll slowly
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savant
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scholar
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savoir faire
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tact; poise; sophistication
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savor
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have a distinctive flavor, smell or quality
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scavenger
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colector and disposer of refuse; animal that devours refuse and carrion
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schism
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division; split
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scintilla
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shred; least bit
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scintillate
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sparkle; flash
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scion
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offspring
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scourge
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lash; whip; severe punishment
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scrupulous
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conscientious; extremely thorough
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scullion
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menial kitchen worker
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scurrilious
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oscene; indecent
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scuttle
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sink
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sebaceous
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oily; fatty
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secession
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withdrawal
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secular
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worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal
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sedate
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composed; grave
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sedentary
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requiring sitting
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sedulous
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diligent
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seethe
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disturbed; boil
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seine
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net for catching fish
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semblance
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outward appearance; guise
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senility
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old age; feeblemindedness of old age
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sensual
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devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal voluptuous
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sententious
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terse; concise; aphoristic
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sepulcher
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tombb
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sequester
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retire from public life; segregate; seclude
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serendipity
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gift for finding valuable things not searched for
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sereniy
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calmness; placidity
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serrated
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having a sawtoothed edge
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servile
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slavish; cringing
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servance
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division; partition; separation
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shackle
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chain; fetter
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shambles
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slaughterhouse; scene of carnage
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sheaf
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bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
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sherbet
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flavored dessert ice
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shibboleth
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watchword; slogan
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shimmer
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glimmer intermittently
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shaol
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shallow place
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shoddy
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sham; not genuine; inferior
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sidereal
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relating to the stars
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silt
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sediment deposited by running water
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