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Sagacious

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Adj having sound judgement, perceptive, wise

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Salacious

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Adj appealing to or causing sexual desire, bawdy

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Salient

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Adj prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant

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Salubious

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Adj promoting health or well-being

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Salutary

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Adj remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

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Sanctimony

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N self-righteousness, pretended piety

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Sanction

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N authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance

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Sangqine

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Adj cheerful, confident, optimistic

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Sap

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V to enervate or weaken the vitality of

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Satiate

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V to overindulge, satisfy to excess

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Saturnine

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Adj gloomy, dark, sullen, morose

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Scurvy

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Adj contemptible,despicable

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Sedulous

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Adj diligent, persistent, hard-working

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Seine

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N a large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish

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Sere

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Adj withered, arid

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Seminal

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Adj like a seed, constituting a source, originative

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Shard

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N a piece of broken pottery or glass, any small piece or part

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Simper

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V to smirk, to say something with a silly, coy smile

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Sinecure

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N position requiring little or no work usually providing an income

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Singular

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Adj exceptional, unusual, odd

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Sinuous

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Adj winding, curving, moving lithely, devious

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Slake

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V to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of

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Sodden

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Adj soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull

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Solder

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V to weld, fuse or join, as with a soldering gun

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Solicitous

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Adj concerned and attentive, eager

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Solvent

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Adj able to meet financial obligations

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Sophistry

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N fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic

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Sophomoric

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Adj exhibiting immaturity, lack of judgement, pretentious

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Soporific

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Adj causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep

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Sordid

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Adj characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul

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Sparse

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Adj thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals

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Specious

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Adj seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly

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Spendthrift

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N one who spends money wastefully

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Splenetic

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Adj bad-tempered, irritable

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Sporadic

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Adj occurring occasionally, or in scattered instances

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Spurious

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Adj lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfit

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Stoic

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Adj indifferent or unaffected by pleasure or pain, steadfast

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Stolid

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Adj calm, impassive

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Striated

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Adj stripes, grooved, or banded

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Strut

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N a structural support used to brace a framework

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Stupefy

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V to stun, baffle, or amaze

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Stymie

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V to block, thwart

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Subpoena

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N a court order requiring appearance and or testimony

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Succor

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N assistance, relief in time of distress

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Sundry

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Adj various, miscellaneous, separate

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Supercilious

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Adj disdainful, arrogant, haughty, characterized by haughty scorn

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Superfluous

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Adj exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Supine

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Adj inactive, lying on one’s back, apathetic, mentally or morally slack

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Supplant

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V to take the place of, supersede

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Suppliant

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Ask asking humbly, beseeching

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Supplicant

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N beggar, one who prays or pegs for something

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Surfeit

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V to feed or supply in excess

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Sycophant

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N someone who tries to flatter or please for personal gain, parasite

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Synthesis

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N the combination of parts to make a whole

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