5 Flashcards

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Sanction

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  1. Officially approving something to happen
  2. A penalty for something done that is bad
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Scuttling

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Moving very quickly with tiny steps

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Scenario

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The setup for a work of fiction, a book, movie, or play

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Seamless

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Completely smooth. Flawless

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Sentiment

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How you feel or what you say about something that has occurred

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Sentinel

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A soldier whose job it is to keep watch over something

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Sequence

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The order that things are in or should be in

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Shingled

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Layered

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Skeptic

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Someone who is skeptical or doubtful of something

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Sluggish

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slow

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Squalid

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Run down, dirty

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Squelch

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A sound

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Stagnate

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To stop moving forward

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Stewardship

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Someone who takes care of something

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Stupefied

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To be made temporarily stupid

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Subjugate

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To put a person or group of people under your total control

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Subordinate

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Of lower status

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Subsequent

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Something that comes after something else

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Substantial

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Of an important size or amount

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Sufficient

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Enough

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Supplemental

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Unnecessary but helpful

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Sustenance

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What sustains a person

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Swayed

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Move back and forth

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Symmetric

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Same on both sides

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Synthetic
Artificial, not natural
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Sullen
Grumpy and unenthusiastic
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Tactile
Having to do with the sense of touch
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Tangible
Can be seen and touched
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Tedious
Repetitive and boring
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Tout
To aggressively try to sell something
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Transaction
Having to do with the purchase or exchange of goods or services
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Transit
To move from one place to another
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Traipsing
Coming or going or moving in a carefree manner
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Tributary
A steam or river upstream that feeds into a bigger river
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Ubiquitous
Found everywhere, common
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Unassuming
Unthreatening and down to earth
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Unrequited
One-sided
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Unseemly
Inappropriate for a given situation
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Unstinting
Given without pause or second thought
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Unveil
Reveal
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Usurp
Overthrow
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Validate
To say something is valid, true, or accurate
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Vantage
A spot with a good view to see what needs to be seen
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Verifiable
Able to be proven correct
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Vernacular
The common or slang terms that that people in a given community use
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Versatile
Can be used in many ways
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Vestigial
A small, left behind part of something much bigger
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Virtuous
Something that has a high sense of morality
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Wayside
The side of a road or something else
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Yearning
To want something with all your heart