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32 Cards in this Set
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smarmy
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false earnestness, ingratiating, unctuous, slick
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smattering
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small amount, slight knowledge of language or subject
smatter = talk ignorantly, prate |
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smirk
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smile in an irritatingly smug or silly way
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smug
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hight self-satisfied
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snare
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1. trap for catching small animals
2. he mangaged to snare an heiress 3. avoid the snares of the new law 4. surgical instrument consisting usually of wire loop for removing tissue masses |
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snarl
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1. tangled
2. growl |
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sneer
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leer, scoff, flout, gibe, gird, jest, quip(at), scout(at)
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sodden
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wet, drenched
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solder
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to unite or make whole
a friendhip soldered by common interests |
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solemnity
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seriousness, gravity
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solicitous
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showing interest or concern; eager, anxious, ardent, impatient, worried
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solvent
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able to pay all legal debts
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somatic
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relating to body; physical
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somnolence
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sleepy, drowsy
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daubster
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low-grade artist
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sop
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1. thing given or done to appease or bribe someone
2. soak up liquid |
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sophism
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fallacious argument; fallacy, deception, delusion
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soporific
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inducing drowsiness or sleep
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sordid
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base, vile, dirty
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spartan
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lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined; austere, harsh, frugal
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spate
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sudden flood; a large number/amt.
flood, deluge, torrent in spate of a river overflowing due to a sudden flood |
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specious
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misleadingly attractive in appearance; misleading, deceptive, false, fallacious, unsound, casuistic
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casuist
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a person who uses clever but false reasoning
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speleology
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study or exploration of caves
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spelunker
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exploration of caves
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spendthrift
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person who spends wastefully or improvidently
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improvidently
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thoughtless
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spindly
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frail or flimsy in apperarance or structure
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spiny
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covered with prickles
2. difficult to understand or handle |
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spire
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upper tapering part of something; pinnacle
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spleen
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feelings of anger or ill will often suppresssed; malice, despite, grudge
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splice
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to join (sope) by interweacing strands
join at the ends (pieces of timeber, film , tape, gene) |
