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SPEC / SPIC / SPIT:
perspective
speculation
suspicious
spectrum
retrospective
circumspect: watchful or cautious
perspicacious: having a keen understanding
conspicuous
specious: deceptively attractive
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SPEC / SPIC / SPIT:

perspective. Ones mental view of facts,ideas and their intrrelatioships
speculation. The contemplation, deliberation
suspicious. Inclined to suspect
spectrum. Teyf
retrospective. گذشته نگري
circumspect: watchful or cautious
perspicacious: having a keen understanding
conspicuous. Easily seen
specious: deceptively attractive

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SOL:
dissolve
soluble
resolution
dissolution
dissolute: indifferent to moral restraints
absolution: forgiveness
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To loosen, to free
SOL:
dissolve. حل كردن
soluble. حل شدني
resolution. A formal expression of opinion or intention made
dissolution. The act of dissolving into parts or elements
dissolute: indifferent to moral restraints
absolution: forgiveness

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SENS / SENT:
sense
sensory
sentiment
presentiment: a feeling something is about to happen
dissent
resent
sentinel
insensate
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To feel, to be aware
SENS / SENT:
sense
sensory. Pertaining to the senses
sentiment. An attitude or feeling toward something
presentiment: a feeling something is about to happen
dissent. To differ in opinion
resent. To feel or show displeasure
sentinel. قراول. نگهبان
insensate. Without feeling or sensitivity

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SED / SESS / SID:
preside
reside
sediment
dissident
residula
subsidiary
insidious: intended to trap
assiduous: persistent, hardworking
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To sit, to be still, to plan, to plot
SED / SESS / SID:
preside. To exercise management or control
resident
sediment. The matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
dissident. Disagreeing, as in opinion or attitude
residual. Remaining, leftover
subsidiary. Serving to assist or supplement
insidious: intended to entrap or beguile
assiduous: persistent, hardworking

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SE:
select
separate
seduce
segregate
secede
sequester
sedition: incitement of discontent or rebelion
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Apart
SE:
select
separate. To divide
seduce
segregate. To set apart from others
secede. To withdraw formally
sequester. To remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement
sedition: incitement of discontent or rebelion
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SCRIBE / SCRIP:
scribble
describe
script
postscript
proscribe: condemn as harmful
ascribe: to credit
conscription
transcript
circumscribe
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To write
SCRIBE / SCRIP:
scribble. To write hastily or carelessly
describe
script
postscript. Any addition or supplement
proscribe: condemn as harmful or odious
ascribe: to credit or assign, as to a cause or course
conscription. Draft
transcript. A written or typed copy
circumscribe. To draw a line around
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SCI:
conscious
unconscionable
omniscient
prescient: having knowledge of things before they happen
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To know
SCI:
conscious
unconscionable. Unscrupulous immoral
omniscient. Knowing everything
prescient: having knowledge of things before they happen
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SACR / SANCT / SECR:
sacred
sacrifice
sanctify
sanction
execrable: abominable
sacrament
sacrilege
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Sacred
SACR / SANCT / SECR:
sacred. Devoted or dedicated to a diety or religious porpose
sacrifice
sanctify. To make holy
sanction. Authoritative permission or approval
execrable: abominable. Makrooh
sacrament. Something regarded as possessing sacred characte
sacrilege. The violation of anything sacred. Tohin be moghadasat

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QUI: 
quiet
disquiet: lack of calm or peace
tranquil
acquiesce: to comply, give in
quiescence: the condition of being at rest, still, inactive
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Quiet
QUI:
quiet
disquiet: lack of calm or peace
tranquil. Free from commotion(confusion, turmoil)
acquiesce: to comply, give in
quiescence: the condition of being at rest, still, inactive

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