S & T Vocabulary Flashcards by Melanie Boudreau

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sacrosant

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holy, something that should not be criticized

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sagacity

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shrewdness, soundness of perspective

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salient

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significant, conspicuous

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sanctimonious

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giving a hypocritical appearance of piety

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sanguine

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optimistic, cheery

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scurrilous

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vulgar, coarse

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serendipity

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luck, finding good things without looking for them

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servile

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subservient

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solicitous

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concerned, attentive

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solipsistic

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believing that oneself is all that exists

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somnolent

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sleepy, drowsy

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spurious

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false but designed to seem plausible

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staid

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sedate, serious, self-restrained

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stolid

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expressing little sensibility, unemotional

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stupefy

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to astonish, make insensible

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surfeit

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an overabundant supply or indulgence

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surmise

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to infer with little evidence

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surreptitious

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stealthy

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sycophant

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one who flatters for self-gain

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tacit

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expressed without words

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taciturn

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not inclined to talk

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tantamount

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equivalent in value or significance

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temerity

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audacity, recklessness

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tenuous

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having little substance or strength

timorous

timid, fearful

torpid

lethargic, dormant, lacking motion

tractable

easily controlled

transient

passing through briefly; passing into and out of existence

transmute

to change or alter in form

trenchant

effective, articulate, clear-cut

truculent

ready to fight, cruel

turgid

swollen, excessively embellished in style or language

turpitude

depravity, moral corruption