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Salubrious

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(Adj) promoting health

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Rudimentary

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(Adj) undeveloped, fundamental, basic

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Salutary

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(Adj) promoting health or having some beneficial effect

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Sanction

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(Verb) approve, give consent

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Sanguine

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(Adj) optimistic, cheerful, also full of blood!

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Sardonic

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(Adj) sarcastic but yet, humorous

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Scanty

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(Adj) small in quantity, insufficient

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Scrupulous

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(Adj) very thorough, doing what is right or ethical

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Scrutinize

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(Verb) to examine closely

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Seclusion

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(Noun) separation from other people

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Sectarian

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(Adj) limited to the benefits of a small group, such as a religious sect

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Seditious

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Trying to stir up a revolt against an authority figure.

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Sententious

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(Adj) short and to the point

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Serpentine

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(Adj) coiled, twisted, winding

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Servile

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(Adj) like a slave, subservient

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Skeptic

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(Noun) one who doesn’t believe unless they are shown absolute proof

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Slander

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(Noun) negative remarks about another person that is untrue

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Slough

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(Verb) discard, cast off, she’d

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Solemn

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(Adj) serious, somber, grave

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Somber

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(Adj) dark, gloomy

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Sonorous

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(Adj) loud, full of sound, booming

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Specious

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(Adj) having a false or misleading appearance

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Sporadic

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(Adj) occurring infrequently and without predictability

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Spurious

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(Adj) false, fake, misleading

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Stagnant

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(Adj) motionless, unchanging,

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Static

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(Adj) unchanging motionless

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Stealth

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(Noun) secretive behavior

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Stoic

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(Noun) a person who shows no response to pleasures or pain

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Stymie

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(Verb) to block, get in the way of.

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Subjugate

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(Verb) to take over, to enslave

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