S (set 2) Flashcards by C L | Brainscape

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Solicitous

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Anxiously eager and attentive, to the point of hovering

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Sobriety

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State of being sober

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Solvent

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Not broke or bankrupt; able to pay one’s bills

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Soporific

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Sleep inducing; boring; sleepy

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Sordid

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Vile; filthy; squalid

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Spawn

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To bring forth; to produce a large number

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Specious

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Deceptively attractive

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Sporadic

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Stopping and starting; scattered

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Spurious

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False; fake

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Squalor

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Filth; wretched living conditions

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Squander

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To waste

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Stagnation

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Motionlessness; inactivity

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Static

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Stationary; not changing or moving

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Staunch

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Firmly committed; firmly in favor of

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Steadfast

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Loyal; faithful

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Stigmatize

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To brand with disgrace

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Stipulate

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To require something as part of an agreement

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Stoic

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Indifferent to emotions

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Stratum

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A layer; a level

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Structure

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A restriction; a limitation; a negative criticism