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SACCHARINE
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a. sweet; excessively or disgustingly sweet;
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SACRILEGE
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n. a violation of something sacred; blasphemy;
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SACROSANCT
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a. sacred; held to be inviolable;
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SAGACIOUS
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a. discerning; shrewd; keen in judgement; wise;
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SALIENT
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a. sticking out; conspicuous; leaping;
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SALLY
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excursion repartee; a sudden rushing attack; an excursion; an expedition; a repartee; a clever rejoinder;
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SALUTARY
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a. healthful; remedial; curative;
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SALUTATION
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salute; greeting; welcome; opening words of greeting;
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SANCTIMONIOUS
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a. pretending to be devout; affecting religious feeling;
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SANCTION
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official permission or approval; endorsement; penalty; punitive measure;
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SANGUINE
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a. cheerful; optimistic; hopeful;
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SARCASM
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sneer irony; jokingly or bitingly saying the opposite of what is meant;
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SARDONIC
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a. mocking; scornful;
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SAVANT
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pundit erudite; a scholar; a very knowledgeable and learned person;
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SCANT
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scarce; cant recant; repudiate; limited; meager; barely sufficient;
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SCHISM
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chasm; division; separation; discord or disharmony;
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SCINTILLATE
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v. to sparkle either literally or figuratively;
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SCORN
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contempt; to disdain; to find someone or something contemptible;
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SCRUPULOUS
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a. strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons;
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SCRUTINIZE
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v. to examine very carefully;
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SEAMLESS
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seam; without a seam;without anything to indicate where two things were joined together;smooth;
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SECEDE
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concede accede; to withdraw from an alliance;
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SECLUSION
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lonesomeness; withdrawal from other people;
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SECT
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a. small religious subgroup or religion; any group with a uniting theme of purpose;
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SECULAR
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a. having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns;
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SEDENTARY
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largely confined to sitting down; not physically active;
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SEDITION
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treason; n treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion;
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SELF-MADE
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having succeeded in life without help from others;
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SENSORY
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a. having to do with the senses or sensation;
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SENTENTIOUS
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preachy; pompous; excessively moralizing; self righteous;
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SENTIENT
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a. able to perceive by the senses; conscious;
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SEQUESTER
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v. to set or keep apart;
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SERENDIPITY
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accidental good fortune; discovering good things without looking for them;
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SERENE
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calm; peaceful; tranquil; untroubled;
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SERPENTINE
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sinuous; serpent; snakelike in either shape or movement; winding as a snake travels;
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SERVILE
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submissive and subservient; like a servant;
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SHACKLE
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manacle a manacle; a restraint;
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SHIBBOLETH
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a. distinctive word pronunciation or behavior that typifies a particular group; a slogan or catchword;
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SHREWD
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shy; wily; cunning; sly;
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SINGULAR
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unique unique; superior; exceptional; strange;
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SKIRMISH
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a. fight between small numbers of troops; a brief conflict;
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SKITTISH
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nervous; easily startled; jumpy;
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SLAKE
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quench to quench; to satisfy; to assuage;
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SLANDER
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to speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor;
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SLOTH
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laziness; sluggishness;
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SOBRIETY
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the state of being sober; seriousness;
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SOLACE
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consolation; consolation; comfort;
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SOLICITOUS
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eager and attentive often to the point of hovering; anxiously caring or attentive;
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SOLIDARITY
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sense of unity; a sense of sharing a common goal or attitude;
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SOLVENT
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not broke or bankrupt; able to pay ones bills;
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SOPHOMORIC
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juvenile; childishly goofy;
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SOPORIFIC
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sleeping inducing; extremely boring; very sleepy;
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SORDID
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filthy squalid vile vile; filthy; squalid;
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SOVEREIGN
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supreme ruler; monarch;
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SPATE
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ignite; a sudden outpouring;
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SPAWN
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to bring forth; to produce a large number;
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SPECIOUS
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deceptively plausible or attractive;
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SPECTER
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ghost; phantom;
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SPECTRUM
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a. broad sequence or range of different but related thing s or ideas;
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SPORADIC
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stopping and starting; scattered; occurring in bursts every once in a while;
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SPURIOUS
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false fake false; fake;
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SPURN
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to reject disdainfully; to scorn;
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SQUALOR
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filth; wretched degraded or repulsive living conditions;
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SQUANDER
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to waste;
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STAGNATION
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motionlessness; inactivity;
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STALWART
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sturdily built; robust; valiant; unwavering;
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STARK
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utter desolate harsh; utter; unmitigated; harsh; desolate;
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STATIC
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stationary; not changing or moving;
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STAUNCH
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steadfast firmly committed; firmly in favor of; steadfast;
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STEADFAST
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loyal faithful loyal; faithful;
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STIGMATIZE
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to brand with disgrace; to set a mark of disgrace upon;
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STINT
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frugal stingy; to restrict or hold back on; to be frugal;
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STIPEND
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remuneration; income; allowance; salary;
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STIPULATE
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to require something as part of an agreement;
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STOIC
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indifferent at least outwardly to pleasure or pain to joy or grief to fortune or misfortune;
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STOLID
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not easily roused to emotion; impassive; apathetic; phlegmatic;
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STOUT
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plump stocky sturdy; plump; stocky; substantial;
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STRATAGEM
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a. maneuver designed to outwit an enemy; a scheme; a ruse;
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STRATUM
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layer level a layer; a level;
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STRICTURE
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a. restriction; a limitation; a negative criticism;
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STRIFE
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bitter conflict; discord; a struggle or clash;
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STRINGENT
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strict; restrictive;
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STUPENDOUS
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remarkable; extraordinary; remarkably large or extraordinarily gigantic;
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STUPOR
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a. stunned condition; near unconsciousness; apathy; inertia;
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STYMIE
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to thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder;
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SUBJUGATE
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to subdue and dominate; to enslave;
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SUBLIME
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lofty awesome awesome; extremely exalted; lofty; majestic;
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SUBORDINATE
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lower in importance position or rank; secondary;
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SUBSIDE
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to sink or settle; to diminish; to lessen;
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SUBSIDIARY
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supplemental subordinate; supplemental; additional; secondary or subordinate;
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SUBSIDIZE
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to provide financial aid; to make a financial contribution;
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SUBSTANTIATE
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to prove; to verify; to confirm;
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SUBSTANTIVE
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having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial;
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SUBTERFUGE
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artifice; a trick or stratagem; a ruse;
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SUBTLE
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not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious; crafty;
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SUBVERSIVE
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corrupting; overthrowing; undermining; insurgent;
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SUCCINCT
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brief and to the point; concise;
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SUCCUMB
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to yield or submit; to die;
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SUFFICE
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to be sufficient; to be enough;
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SUFFRAGE
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the right to vote;
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SUFFUSE
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to cover; to overspread; to saturate;
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SUMPTUOUS
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splendid; luxurious; splendid; lavish;
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SUPERCILIOUS
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haughty; patronizing;
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SUPERFICIAL
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on the surface only; shallow; not thorough;
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SUPERFLUOUS
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extra; unnecessary; redundant;
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SUPERSEDE
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to take the place of; to supplant; to make something obsolete;
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SUPINE
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lethargic; lying on ones back;
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SUPPLICATION
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humble prayer; earnest entreaty;
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SUPPRESS
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subdue quash; to overpower; to subdue; to quash;
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SURFEIT
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excess; an excessive amount; excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking;
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SURMISE
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remise; lazy demise; to conjecture; to guess;
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SURREAL
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incorporating an unreal fantastic quality; hallucinatory; dreamlike;
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SURREPTITIOUS
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sneaky; secret;
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SURROGATE
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substitute;
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SUSCEPTIBLE
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susceptible susceptibility; capable of being influenced by something; capable of being emotionally affected; vulnerable or receptive to;
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SWEEPING
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far reaching; extensive; wide ranging;
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SYCOPHANT
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one who sucks up to others;
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SYNTAX
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the patterns or rules governing the way grammatical sentences are formed in a given language;
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SYNTHESIS
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the combing of parts to form a whole;
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SYSTEMIC
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affecting the entire system especially the entire body;
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