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50 Cards in this Set
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Savant |
Scholar, learned person |
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Scintilla |
A tiny bit |
Not even a scintilla of food was left (n) |
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Scurvy |
Mean |
Our neighbor is so scurvy, yelling at any kids he see (adj) |
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Searchingly |
Probing for answers |
"Do you really like him?" Asked Lisa, looking searchingly. |
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Sedition |
Speech inciting a rebellion |
He was arrested for sedition |
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Semantic |
Different meaning |
Realizing that their disagreement was semantic, their misunderstanding was resolved |
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Seraphic |
Like an angel |
The girl with a white dress looked seraphic (Adj) |
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Sinecure |
Position with little work |
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Slake |
Satisfy (esp. Thirst) |
They slaked their thirst in a stream |
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Sobriquet |
A nickname |
N |
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Solecism |
Impropriety; grammatical error |
He had committed a solecism by making her pay for everything |
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Solidarity |
Agreement with a group |
Factory workers voiced solidarity with the protesting students (n) |
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Squalid |
Disgusting |
Adj |
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Squelch |
Crush |
V |
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Stasis |
Equilibrium |
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Steeped |
Immersed, saturate |
Adj |
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Stem |
Branch out; to stop |
If the violence doesn't stem, I will call the police (v) |
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Stentorian |
Loud, powerful |
The teacher's stentorian voice put the kids to order (adj) |
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Stigma |
Disgrace |
N |
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Stint |
Stingy; period of time |
After a stint in studying, she took a 5min break (n,v) |
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Stipulate |
Specify; demand |
He stipulated what he wanted in the contract (v) |
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Stratagem |
Tactic |
The military's successful stratagem led to success (n) |
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Stratum |
Layers |
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Strut |
A structural support; swagger |
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Sublime |
Excellent; elevated |
His singing is sublime, making everyone in awe (adj) |
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Subpoena |
A court order to appear in court |
V, n |
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Sully |
Make dirty |
V |
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Supplant |
Take place of; replace |
They supplanted real sugar with fake sugar to make it "diet coke" |
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Supposition |
Assumption |
We need to test our supposition to see if it is true |
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Surly |
Rude |
Adj |
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Sybarite |
Person devoted to pleasure |
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Syntax |
Arrangement of words/phrases to create a well formed sentence |
Adj |
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Tawdry |
Cheap |
Her dress looked so tawdry |
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Tendentious |
Biased |
The judge was so tendentious, favoring the pretty girls |
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Terse |
Concise, brief |
Adj |
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Token |
Symbol |
This will be a token of our friendship |
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Tome |
Large book |
N |
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Tortuous |
Twisting, complicated |
Adj |
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Transgression |
Violation of law |
N |
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Travesty |
Parody, misrepresentation |
The Saturday Night Live play was a good travesty of our politics (n) |
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Treacherous |
Unfaithful, betraying; dangerous |
The small boat sunk in the treacherous water (adj) |
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Trenchant |
Sharp, keen |
Adj |
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Truculent |
Aggressive |
Adj |
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Tumultuous |
Noisy, chaotic |
Adj |
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Turgid |
Swollen |
The turgid water balloons (adj) |
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Turpitude |
Corrupted behavior |
N |
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Tyro |
Beginner |
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Umbrage |
Offense or annoyance |
She took umbrage of his immature behavior |
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Unconscionable |
Morally wrong, unreasonable |
Adj |
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Untempered |
Not toned down |
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