M-S Flashcards
(124 cards)
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Saccharin
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falsely sweet
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Sacrosanct
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very holy; inviolable
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Sagacious
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wise
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Sage
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a wise person
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Salacious
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erotic; lascivious; lustful
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Sallow
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yellowish
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Salubrious
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healthful
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Salutary
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tending to improve; beneficial
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Sanctimonious
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hypocritically holy
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Sanction
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give approval to
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Sanguinary
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bloodthirsty; bloody
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Sanguine
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optimistic; cheerful
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Sap
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- liquid inside plants (n); 2. to drain; to undermine (v); 3. a fool (n)
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Sardonic
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mocking
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Sate
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satisfy
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Satiate
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satisfy; fill completely [satiable (a); satiation (n)]
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Savant
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person with knowledge
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Savor
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enjoy
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Saw
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- tool for cutting; 2. wise saying
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Scabbard
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cover for a sword
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Scale
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to climb up; ascend
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Scapegoat
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person on whom blame is placed for faults of others
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Score
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written form of music (n)
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Scotch (v)
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to prevent; stop; disable
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Scrupulous
careful; diligent; painstaking
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Scrutinize
examine carefully
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Scurvy
1. disease due to lack of vitamin C; 2. contemptible; rascally
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Scuttle
sink
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Secure
1. to fix firmly; 2. to obtain
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Sedulity
thoroughness; perseverance [sedulous (a)]
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Sedulous
Marked by care and persistent effort; assiduous
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Seemly
appropriate (of behavior); decorous
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Seine
type of fishing net
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Seminal
Containing seeds of later development; formative
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Seminary
an institution in which priests are trained
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Sensuous
appealing to the senses
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Sentinel
guard; sentry
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Sequester
isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
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Sere
withered; old
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Serendipity
fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery; gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
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Serene
calm; peaceful
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Serrated
jagged; saw-like
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Serration
jagged edge
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Servile
overly submissive; groveling; obsequious; sycophantic
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Shard
fragment of pottery
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Shirk
avoid (esp. work)
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Sibyl
prophetess; fortuneteller
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Sidereal
relating to the stars
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Sinecure
An office that involves minimal duties
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Sinewy
brawny
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Sinistral
left-handed (or counterclockwise) [dextral - right handed]
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Skeptical
doubting; not gullible
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Skiff
small boat
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Skirmish
minor battle; A minor short-term fight
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Slew
glut; excess
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Slight
A deliberate discourteous act; disrespect
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Sluggard
slow-moving; lethargic person
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Smelt
refine an ore
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Smorgasbord
a Swedish buffet of cold dishes
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Solace
comfort for grief
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Solicit
to ask for; seek
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Solicitous
kindly; expressing care and concern; worried
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Soliloquy
solo speech
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Somatic
concerned with the body
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Somnambulist
sleepwalker
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Soothsayer
fortuneteller
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Sophomoric
juvenile; immature
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Soporific
inducing sleep
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Sparse
thinly diffused; Not dense
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Specious
false (note --- don't mix up with spacious)
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Speckled
spotted; freckled; dotted
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Sporadic
not continuous; intermittent
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Spurious
false
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Squalid
dirty and demeaning
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Stagnant
still; not moving
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Staid
dull; sober; serious
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Stanch
Stop the flow of a liquid
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Stanza
section of a poem
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Statute
law [statutory (a)]
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Staunch
loyal; faithful; dependable
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Steep
(v) to soak in water
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Stereotype
A conventional or formulaic conception or image; fixed image
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Stevedore
dockworker
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Stickler
one who is strict about rules or details
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Stifle
suppress
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Stinting
holding back; limiting the supply (of supplies/money etc.) [stint (v)]
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Stipple
cover with dots of paint etc.
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Stipulate
specify [stipulation (n)]
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Stoic
person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
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Stoke
add fuel to; strengthen
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Stolid
impassive; dull; indifferent
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Stomach
to tolerate
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Stratagem
plot; plan; trick
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Strident
loud and harsh
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Stringent
strict or severe
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Strut
1. supporting rod (n); 2. to walk in an arrogant manner; show off (v)
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Strut
swagger; show off; pompous walk
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Stupefying
astonishing; shocking; stunning into silence
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Stygian
very dark; hellish
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Subliminal
below the threshold of consciousness
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Suborn
bribe
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Subpoena
summons to court
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Substantiate
give supporting evidence
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Subterfuge
a trick; Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
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Subtle
not obvious
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Subversive
rebellious; revolutionary
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Succinct
concise
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Suffragist
someone who campaigns for voting rights
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Sullied
made dirty or impure [opposite unsullied; sully (v)]
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Supercilious
proud and haughty
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Superlative
extremely good; the best
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Supine
Lying face upward
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Supplicant
person who requests or begs for something [supplicate (v)]
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Surly
grumpy; rude
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Surreptitious
secret; sneaky; stealthy
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Surreptitiously
secretly; furtively; stealthily
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Susceptible
vulnerable
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Suspect
doubtful
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Sybarite
lover of luxury
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Sycophant
bootlicker; flatterer
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Syllogism
type of logical reasoning; Deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
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Symphony
type of musical composition
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Synapse
junction between two nerve cells
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Syncopation
type of musical rhythm with missed beats
