Group4 Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Stricture

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Something that restrains; negative criticism

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Strident

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Loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy

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Striated

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Marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels

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Stratified

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Arranged in layers

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Stolid

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Having or showing little emotion

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Stipulate

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to specify as an essential condition

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Litigation

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An action brought to court to enforce a particular right

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Stint

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To be sparing

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Stigma

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Mark of disgrace or inferiority

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Corroborate

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To give support to

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Stentorian

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Extremely loud

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Stanch

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To stop or check the flow of (ex. flow of money)

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Staccato

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Marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds

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Squalor

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Filthy, wrenched condition

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Spendthrift

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Person who spends money recklessly

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Specious

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Seeming to be logical or sound, but not really so

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Sordid

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Filthy, contemptible and corrupt

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Soporific

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Sleep inducing

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Somatic

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Relating to or affecting the body; corporeal

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Solvent

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Able to meet financial oligations

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Solicitous

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Concerned, attentive, eager

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Sodden

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Thoroughly soaked, saturated

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Sobriety

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Ward

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To guard, protect; admit (a patient to a hospital); a separate room in a hospital for a type of patient

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Sinuous
Winding, intricate, complex
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sinecure
Well-paying job/office requiring little to no work
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Simian
Ape-like
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Sidereal
Relating to the stars
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Sextant
Navigation tool
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Servile
Submissive, obedient
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Sentient
Aware, conscious, able to perceive
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Modicum
a small quantity
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Sensuous
Relating to the senses
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Sensual
Gratifying physical senses (sexual appetites for ex.)
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Sedulous
Diligent
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Sedition
Behaviour prompting rebellion
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Sanction
To approve, ratify, permit
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Vocal
Express opinions in a public and forceful way