Word List 08 Deck 2 Page 10 Flashcards

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Rigor

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Severity; strict accuracy

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Rotund

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Round

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Rudimentary

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Elementary

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Salutary

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Beneficial

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Sanguine

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Optimistic

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Savant

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Someone who knows a lot

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Scorn

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To show dislike

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Scuttle

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To sink a ship by cutting holes in it

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Secrete

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To give off a liquid or other substance

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Seismologist

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One who studies earthquakes

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Sentinel

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A guard

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Shard

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A fragment or piece

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Sieve

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A mesh used for straining or separating

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Slacken

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To become slower

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Slough

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A swamp; to shed

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Smorgasbord

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Meal involving many different kinds of foods

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Snuff

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Tobacco inhaled through the nose

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Somnambulist

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Sleepwalker

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Sorcerer

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One who practices witchcraft

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Sparse

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Thinly spread

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Spurn

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To reject openly

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Staid

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Serious

23
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Status quo

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The unchanging way things are