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ruthless

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merciless

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saboteurs

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one that commits sabotage

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sagacity

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wisdom

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salubrious

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conducive 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 place of refute or asylum

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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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a separation or division into factions

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scintillate

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to be animated and brilliant

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secure

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safe

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sedentary

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characterized by much sitting

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self-effacting

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modest

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seminal

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highly influential in an original

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sentimental

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characterized or swayed by sentiment

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sequential

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forming or characterized by a sequence, as of units or musical notes

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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 and effectively

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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

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disrespectful and disparaging

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slovenly

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untidy