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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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servile

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submissive and subservient; like a servant

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singular

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unique; superior; exceptional; strange

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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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solicitous

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eager and attentive often to the point of hovering; anxiously caring or attentive

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solvent

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not broke or bankrupt; able to pay ones bills

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soporific

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sleeping inducing; extremely boring; very sleepy

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sordid

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vile; filthy; squalid filthy squalid vile

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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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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

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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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static

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stationary; not changing or moving

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staunch

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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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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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stratum

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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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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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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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substantive

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having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial

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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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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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surfeit

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excess; an excessive amount; excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking

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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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sycophant

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one who sucks up to others

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synthesis

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the combing of parts to form a whole ;

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tacit

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implied; not spoken

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taciturn

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untalkative by nature

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tangential

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only superficially related to the matter at hand; not especially relevant; peripheral ;

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tangible

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touchable; palpable

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tantamount

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equivalent to