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Scintillating

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adj. brilliantly clever

adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

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Sedulous

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adj. Persevering and constant in effort or application; assiduous.

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Senescent

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adj. Growing old; aging.

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Sequela

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n. A pathological condition resulting from a disease.

n. A secondary consequence or result.

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Seraph

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n. A celestial being having three pairs of wings.

n. Christianity The first of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

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Sere

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adj. Without moisture.
n. An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.
n. claw; talon

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Shyster

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n. Slang An unethical, unscrupulous practitioner, especially of law.

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Sidereal

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adj. Of or relating to the stars.

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Simulacrum

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n. An image or representation.

n. An unreal or vague semblance.

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Skitter

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v. to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing

v. to make a skittering noise

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Soi-disant

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adj. Self-styled; so-called.

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Sop

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n. Something entirely soaked.

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Stanchion

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n. An upright pole, post, or support.

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Stopgap

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n. An improvised substitute for something lacking; a temporary expedient.

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Subterfuge

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n. An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind.

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Suffrage

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n. The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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Sumptuous

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adj. Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish

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Surreptitious

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adj. Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means.

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Tarry

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v. To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

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Sojourn

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A temporary stay somewhere

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Tenacious

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adj. Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view.

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Tenet

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n. An opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or especially by an organization.

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Tergiversate

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v. To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate.
v. To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.

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Titillation

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n. a pleasurable or sexually exciting sensation

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Titular

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adj. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
adj. Existing in name only; nominal.

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Touchstone

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n. A stone used to test the quality of gold alloys.

n. A standard of comparison or evaluation.

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Traipse

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v. To walk or tramp about; gad

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Transient

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adj. Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

adj. Remaining for only a brief time.

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Transmogrify

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v. To completely alter the form of.

v. To completely alter one’s form.

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Tremulous

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adj. Marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking.

adj. Timid or fearful; timorous.

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Trundle

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n. A small wheel or roller.

n. The motion or noise of rolling.

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Tumescence

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n. A swelling or enlarging.

n. A swollen condition.

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Ululation

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n. A long, loud, mournful cry or howl.

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Undergird

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v. To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.

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Unstrung

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adj. emotionally upset

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Vapid

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adj. Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull: vapid conversation.
adj. Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat: vapid beer.

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Vaunt

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adj. Highly or widely praised or boasted about.

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Vicissitude

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n. A change or variation.

n. The quality of being changeable; mutability.

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Vitiation

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n. a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something
n. moral corruption

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Vitreous

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adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or having the nature of glass; glassy.

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Wag

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n. The act or motion of wagging: a farewell wag of the hand.

n. A humorous or droll person; a wit.

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Wanderlust

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n. A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.

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Well-heeled

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adj. Having plenty of money; prosperous.

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Wrack

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n. Destruction or ruin.

n. A remnant or vestige of something destroyed.

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Depauperate

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(of a flora, fauna, or ecosystem) lacking in numbers or variety of species.

(of a plant or animal) imperfectly developed.

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