601-700 Flashcards
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saboteurs
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one that commits sabotage
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ruthless
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merciless
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sagacity
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wisdom
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salubrious
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conductive or favorable to health or well-being
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salutary
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remedial
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sanctuary
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a sacred place
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sanguine
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optimistic
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scathing
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harshly critical
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schism
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division into factions
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scintillate
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to be animated
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secure
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safe
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sedentary
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remaining or living in one area
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self-effacing
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modest
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seminal
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highly influential in an original way
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sentimental
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characterized or swayed by sentiment
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sequential
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forming by a sequence
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sequester
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segregate
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serene
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calm and unruffled
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severe
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strict
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shelve
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put aside
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simile
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a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared
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skeptical
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questioning
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skewered
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to have been criticized or ridiculed sharply
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slant
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to present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience
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slighting
disrespectful
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slovenly
untidy
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sneer
a contemptuous facial expression, sound, or statement
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snide
sarcastic
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solicitous
full of desire
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solid
of define shape and volume
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somnolence
sleepiness
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sonorous
having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound
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sophistry
deceptive
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soporific
inducing or lending to induce sleep
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spare
meager; sparse
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spate
a sudden flood
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speculation
meditation
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spontaneity
creative
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spurious
not genuine
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staple
a basic or principal element
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stark
bare; blunt
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stigmatized
to characterize or brand as disgraceful
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stilted
artificially formal
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stimulate
spur on; incite
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stodgy
dull
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strident
discordant
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stringent
severe
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stymie
an obstacle
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subordinate
belongings to a lower class
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substantiate
verify
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subtle
not immediately obvious
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succumb
give up or give in
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superficial
shallow
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supine
lying on the back
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supplement
something added to complete a thing
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suppositional
an assumption
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surpass
exceed
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surplus
being more than or in excess of what is needed
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surreptitious
obtained by stealthy means
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surrogate
a substitute
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sustain
maintain
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symbiosis
a relationship of mutual benefit
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synergy
the interaction of two or more agents
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taciturn
silent
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tactile
tangible
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tactless
lacking or exhibiting a lack of tact
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tectonic
resulting from structural deformation of the earth's crust
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temper
moderate
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temperate
behavior exercising moderation and self restraint
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tenable
rationally defensible
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tenacious
tending to hold persistently to something
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tendentious
partisan
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tentative
provisional
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tepid
moderately warm
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terse
effectively concise
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theoretical
not practical
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thrive
prosper
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thwarted
to prevent the occurrence
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topicality
local; contemporary
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topography
detailed description of a place or region
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tractable
easily handled
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transgression
a violation of a law
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trepidation
fear
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trivial
of little significance
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trove
a collection of valuable items discovered and found
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truculent
expressing bitter opposition
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truism
a self-evident truth
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truncate
to shorten by or as if by cutting off
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tumult
a disorderly commotion
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tutelage
instruction or teaching
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ubiquitous
omnipresent
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unabated
sustaining an original intensity
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uncompromising
inflexible
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uncouth
crude; unrefined
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undaunted
resolutely courageous
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underdog
one that is expected to lose a contest
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unequivocal
clear
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ungainly
lacking grace
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unorthodox
breaking with convention
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unperturbed
calm and serene
