S Flashcards

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Sage

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Person celebrated for wisdom. Gandhi is celebrated for his Sage.

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Salubrious

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Healthful. Many people with hay fever move to more salubrious parts of the country during August and September.

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Sanction

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Approve; ratify. Nothing will convince me to sanction my daughter to marry that dirt bag!

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Secrete

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Hide away or cache; produce or release a substance into an organism. The spider secretes his venom into his prey.

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Solicitous

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Worried; concerned. The employer was very solicitous about the health of her staff.

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Supposition

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Hypothesis; surmise. I based my decision to confide in him on the supposition he would be discrete.

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