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Question 1

Sacrosanct

Answer 1

(adj) sacred, inviolable, not to be trespassed on or violated; above any criticism

Question 2

Sagacious

Answer 2

(adj) wise; showing good judgment and foresight

Question 3

Salubrious

Answer 3

(adj) healthful, promoting health

Question 4

Sanguine

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(adj) cheerfully optimistic, hopeful; reddish, ruddy (as in rosy-red cheeks indicating health or vitality)

Question 5

Satiate or Sate

Answer 5

(v) to fully satisfy; to go beyond satisfying to the point of excess (possibly inducing disgust, tiredness, etc.)

Question 6

Scant

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(adj) not enough or barely enough

Question 7

Scathing

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(adj) severe, injurious; bitterly harsh or critical (as a remark)

Question 8

Secular

Answer 8

(adj) not religious or holy; pertaining to worldly things

Question 9

Sedulous

Answer 9

(adj) persevering, persistent, diligent in one’s efforts

Question 10

Skirt

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(v) border, lie along the edge of , go around; evade

Question 11

Sentient

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(adj) conscious; experiencing sensation or perceiving with the senses

Question 12

Slew

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(n) a large number or quantity

Question 13

Solicitous

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(adj) concerned or anxious (about another person), expressing care; eager or desirous; very careful

Question 14

Slight

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treat as though not very important; snub, ignore (verb); an act of treating in this way, a discourtesy (noun)

Question 15

soporific

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(adj, n) causing sleep; sleepy, drowsy (adj); something that causes sleep (noun)

Question 16

spartan

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(adj) very disciplined and stern; frugal, living simply, austere; suggestive of the ancient Spartans

Question 17

spate

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(n) sudden outpouring or rush; flood

Question 18

Specious

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(adj) seemingly true but actually false; deceptively attractive

Question 19

Sportive

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(adj) playful, merry, joking around, done “in sport” (rather than intended seriously)

Question 20

stark

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(adj) complete, total, utter; harsh or grim; extremely simple, severe, blunt, or plain

Question 21

stoic or stoical

Answer 21

(adj, n) indifferent to pleasure or pain, enduring without complaint (adj); person indifferent to pleasure or pain (noun)

Question 22

stolid

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(adj) unemotional, showing little emotion, not easily moved

Question 23

Stymie or Stymy

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(v, n) block, hinder, or thwart (verb); an obstacle (noun)

Question 24

Subjective

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(adj) existing in the mind or relating to one’s own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings

Question 25

Substantiate

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(v) support with evidence or proof; give a material existence to

Question 26

Supplicate

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(v) pray humbly; ask, beg, or seek in a humble way

Question 27

Surfeit

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(n) excess, excessive amount, overindulgence

Question 28

Surmise

Answer 28

(v) guess, infer, think, or make an opinion with incomplete information

Question 29

Sycophant

Answer 29

(n) servile flatterer, parasitic person, one who fawns in order to get ahead