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Word List 26 Flashcards

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Rotundity

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n. roundness; sonorousness of speech

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Rubicund

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adj. having a healthy reddish color; ruddy; florid

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Rudimentary

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adj. not developed; elementary

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Rueful

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adj. regretful; sorrowful; dejected

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Ruminate

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v. chew the cud; ponder

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Rummage

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v. ransack; thoroughly search

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rusticate

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v. banish to the country; dwell in the country

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sacerdotal

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adj. priestly

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sacrilegious

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adj. desecrating; profane

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sacrosanct

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adj. most sacred; inviolable

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saga

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n. scandinavian myth; any legend

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sagacious

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adj. keen; shrewd; having insight

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salient

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adj. prominent

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saline

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adj. salty

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sallow

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adj. yellowish; sickly in color

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salubrious

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adj. healthful

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salutary

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adj. tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome

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sangfroid

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n. coolness in a trying situation

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sanguinary

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adj. bloody

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sapid

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adj. savory; tasty; relishable

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sapient

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adj. wise; shrewd

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sardonic

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adj. disdainful; sarcastic; cynical

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sate

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v. satisfy to the full; cloy

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satiety

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n. condition of being crammed full; glutted state; repletion

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saturnine

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adj. gloomy

26
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saunter

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v. stroll slowly

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savant

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n. scholar

28
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savoir faire

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n. tact; poise;sophistication

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schism

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n. division; split

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scintilla

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n. shred; least bit

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scintillate

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v. sparkle; flash

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scion

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n. offspring

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scourge

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n. lash; whip; severe punishment

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scrupulous

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adj. conscientious; extremely thorough

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scullion

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n. menial kitchen worker

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scurrilous

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adj. obscene; indecent

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scuttle

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v. sink

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sebaceous

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adj. oily; fatty

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secession

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n. withdrawal

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secular

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adj. worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal

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sedate

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adj. composed; grave

42
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sedentary

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adj. requiring sitting

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sedulous

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adj. diligent

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seine

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n. net for catching fish

45
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semblance

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n. outward appearance; guise

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sententious

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adj. terse; concise; aphoristic

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sepulcher

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n. tomb

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sequester

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v. retire from public life; segregate; seclude

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serendipity

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n. gift for finding valuable things not searched for

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servile

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adj. slavish; cringing

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severance

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n. division; partition; separation

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sheathe

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v. place into a case

53
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shibboleth

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n. watchword; slogan

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shoal

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n. shallow place

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sidereal

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adj. relating to the stars

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