AT Word List 6 #10 Flashcards

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Rigor

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severity; strictness

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Rotund

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round; fat

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Rudimentary

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elementary; basic

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Salutary

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beneficial; heathful

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Sanguine

A

optimistic; cheeful

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Savant

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someone who knows a lot

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Scorn

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to show dislike and disrespect

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Scuttle

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to sink a ship by cutting holes in it

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Secrete

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to give off a liquid or other substances

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Sentinel

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a guard

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Shard

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a fragment or piece

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Sieve

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mesh used for straining or seperating

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Slacken

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to become slower

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Slough

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a swamp; muddy hole

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Smorgasbord

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meal involving many different kinds of foods

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Snuff

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tobacco inhaled through the nose

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Somnambulist

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sleepwaker

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Sorcerer

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one who practices witchcraft

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Sparse

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thinly spread; almost bare

20
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Spurn

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to reject openly

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Staid

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Serious

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Status Quo

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then unchanging way things are