S (set 2) Flashcards
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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
