Serendipity- Synthesis Flashcards

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Servile

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Submissive and subservient

Like a servant

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Serendipity

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Accidental good fortune

Discovering food things without looking for them.

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Singular

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Unique
Superior
Exceptional
Strange

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Sinister

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Evil
Wicked
Foreshadowing evil, trouble, or wickedness

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Slander

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To speak badly about someone publicly
To defame
To spread malicious rumors

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Sloth

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Laziness

Sluggishness

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Sobriety

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The state if being sober

Seriousness

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Solicitous

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Eager and attentive, often to the point of hovering

Anxiously caring or attentive

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Solvent

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Not broke or bankrupt

Able to pay one’s bills

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Soporific

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Sleep inducing
Boring
Sleepy

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Sordid

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Vile
Filthy
Squalid

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Spawn

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To bring forth

To produce a large number

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Specious

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Deceptively plausible or attractive

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Sporadic

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Stopping and starting
Scattered
Occurring in bursts every once in a while

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Spurious

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False

Fake

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Squalor

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Filth

Wretched, degraded, or repulsive living conditions

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Squander

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To waste

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Stagnation

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Motionless

Inactivity

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Static

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Stationary

Not changing or moving

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Staunch

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Firmly committed
Firmly in favor of
Steadfast

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Steadfast

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Loyal

Faithful

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Stigmatize

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To brand with disgrace

To set a mark if disgrace upon

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Stipulate

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To require something as part of an agreement

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Stoic

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Indifferent (at least outwardly) to pleasure or pain, to joy or grief, to fortune or misfortune

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Stratum
A layer | Level
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Stricture
A restriction A limitation A negative criticism
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Strife
Bitter conflict Discord A struggle or clash
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Stringent
Strict | Restrictive
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Stymie
To thwart To get in the way of To hinder
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Subjugate
To subdue and dominate | To enslave
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Sublime
Extremely exalted Awesome Lofty Majestic
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Subordinate
Lower in importance, position, or rank | Secondary
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Substantive
``` Having substance Real Essential Solid Substantial ```
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Subtle
Not obvious Able to make fine distinctions Ingenious Crafty
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Subversive
Corrupting Overthrowing Undermining Insurgent
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Succinct
Brief and to the point | Concise
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Succumb
To yield or submit | To die
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Supercilious
Haughty | Patronizing
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Superficial
On the surface only Shallow Not thorough
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Superfluous
Extra Unnecessary Redundant
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Surfeit
Excess An excessive amount Excess or over indulgence in eating or drinking
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Surreptitious
Sneaky | Secret
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Surrogate
Substitute
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Sycophant
One who sucks up to others
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Synthesis
The combining of parts to form a whole