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Revel-Synopsis Flashcards

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revel

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(v.) - to enjoy

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rife

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(adj.) - abundant

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ruddy

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(adj.) - having a healthy, reddish color

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ruse

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(n.) - a trick

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rustic

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(adj.) - relating to country life

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saccharine

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(adj.) - overly sweet

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sacrosanct

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(adj.) - sacred, holy

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sagacious

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(adj.) - shrewd, showing sound judgment

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salient

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(adj.) - significant, conspicuous

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salutation

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(n.) - a greeting

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sanguine

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(adj.) - cheery, optimistic, hopeful

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sate

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(v.) - to satisfy (an appetite) fully.

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satiate

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(v.) - to satisfy excessively

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savor

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(v.) - to appreciate fully, enjoy

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scathing

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(adj.) - hurtful, critical

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scourge

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(n.) - a plague

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scurrilous

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(adj.) - crude, vulgar

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sedate

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(v.) - to calm, soothe

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sedentary

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(adj.) - sitting

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seer

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(n.) - a fortune teller

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seminal

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(adj.) - original, ground-breaking

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serendipity

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(n.) - the act of finding things not sought, luck

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slander

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(n.) - a FALSE statement to damage the reputation of another

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sobriety

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(n.) - moderation from excess, calm, tranquility

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somnolent

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(adj.) - sleepy

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soothsayer

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(n.) - a fortune teller

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sordid

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(adj.) - dirty

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spectral

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(adj.) - ghostly

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spurious

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(adj.) - not being what it purports to be; false or fake

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stagnant

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(adj.) - still, not flowing

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stagnate

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(v.) - to be idle, to be still

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static

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(adj.) - not moving, being at rest

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steadfast

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(adj.) - fixed or unchanging

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strenuous

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(adj.) - requiring tremendous strength or energy

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strife

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(n.) - conflict

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stupefy

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(v.) - to astound

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submissive

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(adj.) - easily yielding to authority

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subsist

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(v.) - to live, exist

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succinct

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(adj.) - marked by compact precision

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suffice

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(v.) - to meet needs

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supplant

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(v.) - to displace and substitute for another

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surfeit

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(n.) - an excess, a surplus, an overabundance

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surmise

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(v.) - to guess, infer, suppose

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surreptitious

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(adj.) - done in a secret, or stealthy way

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swarthy

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(adj.) - of dark color or complexion

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sybarite

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(n.) - someone devoted to pleasure and luxury, a voluptuary

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sycophant

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(n.) - a self-serving flatterer

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sympathetic

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(adj.) - compassionate

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sympathy

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(n.) - an expression of pity for another, compassion

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synopsis

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(n.) - a summary

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