NSF regionals vocabulary g31 Flashcards by Awesome Cool | Brainscape

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Scrutiny

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Critical observation or examination

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Scurry

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To move hurriedly with short quick steps

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Séance

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A special meeting where people try to contact

the dead

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Seascape

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A view of the sea

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Secede

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To withdraw formally from an alliance

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Secular

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Pertaining to worldly things that are not

religious or spiritual

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Seethe

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To bubble as a result of being boiled, in a state

of excitement

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Self-effacing

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Not claiming attention for oneself, modest

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Semiotics

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The study of signs and symbols and their use

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Sensate

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Perceiving or perceived through senses

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Sentient

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Having the power of perception through the

senses

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Sequel

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A publish or record that develops an earlier

one or continues the story

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Sequester

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To remove or separate, to isolate or hide away

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Seriatim

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In a series, one after another, a point after

another

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Sever

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To divide by slicing, to separate

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Shalom

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Used as a greeting for peace

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Shambles

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A state of total disorder or a slaughter house

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Sheaf

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A bunch of grain stalks laid lengthwise after

reaping

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Sheepish

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Showing embarrassment from lack of self

confidence

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Sheer

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Very thin, perpendicular

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Shoddy

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Poor quality or badly made

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Shrew

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A mouselike animal, a aggressive woman

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Shrouded

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A cloth or sheet which a corpse is wrapped

around for burial

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Siesta

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A nap or rest taken during the hottest hour of

the day

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Simian

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Pertaining to a ape or monkey

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Singularly

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In a remarkable or noticeable way

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Sinister

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Threatening harm or evil

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Sinologist

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An expert in speaking or mainly just Chinese

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Skittish

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Excitable or easily scared, apt or shy

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Skulk

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To move in a stealthy manner, keep out of

sight