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1
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Quiescent

A

motionless

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Quixotic

A

overly idealistic; impractical

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Quotidian

A

occurring daily; commonplace

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Raconteur

A

witty, skillful storyteller

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Rarefy

A

to make thinner or sparser

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Redress

A

relief from wrong or injury

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Rejoinder

A

response

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Repast

A

meal or mealtime

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Replete

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abundantly supplied, complete

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Repose

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rexlation; leisure

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Repudiate

A

to reject the validity of

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Requite

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to return or repay

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Restive

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impatient, uneasy, or restless

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Reticent

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silent; reserved

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Rhetoric

A

effective writing or speaking

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Ribald

A

humorous in a vulgar way

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Rococo

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very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation

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Rustic

A

rural

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Sacrosanct

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extremely sacred; beyond criticism

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Sagacious

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shrewd; wise

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Salient

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prominent; of notable significance

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Salubrious

A

healthful

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Sanguine

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ruddy; cheerfully optimistic

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Sardonic

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cynical; scornfully mocking

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Satiate

A

to satisfy fully or overindulge

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Scintilla

A

trace amount

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Sedition

A

behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state

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Sentient

A

aware; conscious; able to perceive

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Seraphic

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angelic; sweet

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Sinecure

A

a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work

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Slake

A

to calm down or moderate

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Sobriquet

A

nickname

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Solecism

A

gtrammatical mistake; blunder in speech

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Soporific

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causing sleep or lethargy

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Spartan

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highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere

36
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Specious

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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

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Sportive

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frolicsome; playful

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Stasis

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a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation

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Stentorian

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extremely loud

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Stigma

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a mark of shame or discredit

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Stolid

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unemotional; lacking sensitivity

42
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Stratagem

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trick designed to deceive an enemy

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Sublime

A

lofty or grand

44
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Sully

A

to tarnish; taint

45
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Supplant

A

to replace (another) by force; to take the place of

46
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Surfeit

A

excessive amount

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Surly

A

rude and bad-tempered

48
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Sybarite

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a person devoted to pleasure and luxury

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Sycophant

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a self-serving flatterer; yes-man

50
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Symbiosis

A

cooperation; mutual helpfulness

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