S Flashcards
(232 cards)
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sacred
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hallowed
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sadness
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anguish
meloncholy
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safe
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secure
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safe place
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sanctuary
retreat
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said nothing
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gave no reply
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same as
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tantamount to
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same kind (all of the same kind)
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homogenous
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same old people
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usual suspects
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sample of
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sampling
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sane
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firmly tethered
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satisfy
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satiate
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satisfy a distasteful need
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pander to
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saturate
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imbue
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save (rescue)
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salvage
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saving
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redemption
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say hi
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exchange pleasantries
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saying
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maxim
adage
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scandal
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grist for gossip
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scarce
A
a rarity
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scarcity
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dearth of
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scare
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unnerve
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scared
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petrified
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scathing
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salty
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scatter
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intersperse
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scattered
strewn about
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schemes
contrivances
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scold
chide
berate
chastise
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scolding (a scolding)
a reproach
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scraping
abrading
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screechy
shrill
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scum
beneath contempt
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search
forage
| scour
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searching for
in search of
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secluded
cloistered
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second rate
provincial
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second thoughts
ancillary
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secret
sensitive
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secretive
furtive
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secretly
surreptitiously
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see
discern
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see a difference
draw a distinction
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seeming
ostensible
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self-control
restraint
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self-deprecating
diffident
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self-evident truth
an axiom
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self-punishment
penance
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self-righteous
smug
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self-satisfied
smug
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selflessnesss
altruism
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sell
tout
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sensational
lurid
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sense
sensibility
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separate between
differentiate
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separated itself with
parted company with
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separting
distinguishing
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series (a series of)
a cavalcade of
| a succession of
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serious
sobering
| grave
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serious enough to
sufficient to warrant
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seriously
all joking aside
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seriousness
gravity
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set fire to
set ablaze
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set right
remedy
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settled in
ensconced
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several
a host of
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severe
harsh
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sexually excessive
prurient
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shady
roguish
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shallow
superficial
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shameful
inglorious
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shaped by
wrought by
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sharp
acute
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sharpen
hone
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shine
luster
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shiny
lustrous
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shipment of
consignment of
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shocking
arresting
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shockingly bad
egregious
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short (brief)
fleeting
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short-lived
ephemeral
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short story
anecfote
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shortage of
deficit of
| dearth of
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shorten
abridge
| truncate
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shortly after
thereupon
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shortness
brevity
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should do what they say
should defer to the
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shout
yammer
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show confusion
flounder
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show of
veneer of
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show-off (a show-off)
one with a penchant for self-aggrandizement
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show off (likes to show off)
flaunt it
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shows signs of
exhibit signs of
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showy
ostentatious
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shunning
balking at
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shy
diffident
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sick
indisposed
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sick looking
cadaverous
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sickness
affliction
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sign (a signal)
harbinger
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signer of a contract
signatory
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significant
substantive
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silence
lucid stillness
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silent
taciturn
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similar
analogous
| akin to
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simple
modest
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sin (a sin)
a transgression
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site
venue
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skeptics
naysayers
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sketchy
anecdotal at best
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skill
prowess
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skillfull
deft
| adroit
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skillfully put together
well wrought
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skinny
of slight figure
| emaciated
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skirt chaser
casual in his affections
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slaverty
servitude
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slight
faint
| remote
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slightly open
ajar
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slip of the tongue
freudian slip
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slob
unkempt
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slope
gradient
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slow
halting
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slur
a generalized term of abuse
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small
diminutive
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small talk
preliminaries
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small tweaks
marginal tweaks
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smart-mouthed
impertinent
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smarts
sharp wit
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smooth
fluid
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smoothly
seamlessly
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sneaky
under false pretenses
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so
consequently
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so-called
supposed
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so long as
provided
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so young
at so tender an age
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social conventions
decorum
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social mistake
impropriety
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soggy
sodden
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solve
remedy
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something for something (transactional)
quid pro quo
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something sticking out
protuberance
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somewhat
to some extent
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somewhere else
elsewhere
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soon enough
in due time
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sorry
repentant
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sort of
of sorts
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soul mate
kindred spirit
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sound more english
anglicize
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sour
acerbic
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spare time
vacant hours
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specialty
my forte
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specifically
namely that
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speculate
surmise
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speculation
conjecture
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spell
incantation
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spelled out
enunciated
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spend
expend
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spend your way out of it
employing Keynesian tactics
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spirited
exuberant
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splash
douse
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split (a split)
a schism
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split (to split)
diverge
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spoil
defile
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spontaneous
impromptu
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spread
proliferated
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spreading
rampant
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spying
espionage
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squandering of resources
dissipation
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stable
well adjusted
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start
commence
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started up again
resumed
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stash
cache
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state
assert
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statement
assertion
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stay
remain
| linger
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steady
unswerving
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steal
siphon
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steep
precipitous
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step by step
incrementally
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stereotypical
proverbial
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stick out
protrude
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stiffness
reticence
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still
nonetheless
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stipulation
with the caveat that
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stir to action
galvanize support
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stir up trouble
foment
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stop
thwart
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storage place
depository
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stomry
tempestuous
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strange
peculiar
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strange thigns
curiosities
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straying
errant
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stenghten
bolster
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stretched their necks
craned their necks
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strict
stringent
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strict moral behavior
puritanical
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strife filled
contentious
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stripped of its
divested of its
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strong
unwavering
| robust
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strongest
predominant
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struggling
grappling with
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stubborn
intractable
| obstinate
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style
convention
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subdue
quell
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submissive
obliging
complaisant
amenable
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substitude
surrogate
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subtle
nuanced
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sue happy
litigious
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suffer
endure
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suffering
affliction
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sugarcoat it
to put it charitably
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suggest
posit
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superiority
preeminence
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supervise
preside over
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suppliers of
purveyors of
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supplies
provisions
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supporter
adherent of
advocate
proponent
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supremacy
primacy
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supreme
sovereign
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sureness
certitude
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surpassed
eclipsed
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surprise
defy expectations
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surprise attack
preemptive strike
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suprised
taken aback
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surrender power
abnegate
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surround
encircle
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surviving influence
vestiges
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susceptible
predisposed to
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suspicious of
wary of
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sweets
confections
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symbolic of
emblematic of
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sympathize with
commiserate with
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sympathy
consolation
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systematize
codify
