S Flashcards

(32 cards)

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Sagacious

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Having keen insight and judgement

Perspective. Discerning. Shrewd

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Salient

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Notsbly significant; standing out noticrbly; projecting outward

Prominent. Conspicuous

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Salubrious

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Promoting good health

Healthful. Beneficial. Wholesome

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Salutary

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Having a benefical effect; tending to improve

Advantageous. Remedial. Wholesome.

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Sanction

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Make valid; give consent to

Approve. Ratify

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic

Hopeful. Confident. Positive.

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Sardonic

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Scornfully humorous; derisivwly sneering

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Satiate

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Satisfy fully, or excessively

Surfet. Gut. Gorge. Sate.

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Secrete

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Hide away. Produce and release a bodily substance ( digestive juices, hormones, etc.)

Conceal. Cache.

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Sedulous

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Steadily diligent

İndustrious. Constant. Untiring. Persevering.

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Sentinent

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Aware of and responsive to sensory impressions

Sensitive. Conscious.

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Shard

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Well-paid position with little responsibility

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Slake

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Quench or extinguish; cause to lessen

Allay. Satisfy. Moderatw.

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Solecism

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Breach of proper behavior; flagrantly ungrammatical usage

Blunder. İmpropriety. Error.

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Solicitous

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Eaernestly careful and protectice. Full of anxiety.

Anxious. Worried. Apprehensive. Concerned. Mindful.

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Sophistry

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Seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning

Deception. Casuistry. Misrepresentation.

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Specious

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Seemingly reasonavle but incorrect; superficially plausible

False. Erroneous. Misleading

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Soporific

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Amrked by- inducing sleepiness

Sleep- causing; dull; monotonous

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Sporadic

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Occuring irregularly; recurring unpredictably

İrregular. İntermittent. Random.

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Spurious

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Not genuine or authentic

False. Counterfeit. Forged. Fake.

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Static

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Showing little or no change; lacking development

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Stentorian

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Extremely loud

Sonorous. Resonant. Blaring

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Stigma

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Mark of disgrace; badge of infamy

Stain. Blot. Blemish. Taint.

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Stint

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Be frugal; set limits; be thrift

Scrimp; Retrict

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Stipulate
Make express conditions; arrange specifically; expressly demand Specify. İnsist on. Require.
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Stolid
Not easily excited İmpassive. Unemotional. İndifferent. Phlegmatic. Dull
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Substantiate
Esyanlish by evidence or proof Verify. Support. Affirm. Corroborate.
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Succint
Without waste of words; short and to the point Brief. Terse. Compact. Concise.
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Supplant
Replace another; especially by force Displace; unseat; supersede; oust
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Sybarite
Lover of luxury and pleasure Epicurean. Sensualist. Hedonist. Voluptuary.
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Surfeit
İmmoderate indulgence (in food or drink); overabundant supply Superabundance. Excess.
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Sycophant
Servile flatterer Bootlicker. Hanger-on. Fawner.Toady.