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Rusticate (v) banish to the country; live there Sagacious (adj) perceptive; shrewd; perspicacious Sallow (adj) jaundiced Salutary (adj) tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome Sanctimonious (adj) displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness Sanguinary (adj) bloody Sanguine (adj) cheerful; hopeful Sardonic (adj) disdainful; sarcastic; cynical Sartorial (adj) pertaining to tailors Saturnine (adj) gloomy Saunter (v) stroll slowly Savant (n) learned scholar Scad (n) a great quantity Scenario (n) plot outline, screenplay; opera libretto Scintillate (v) sparkle, flash Scotch (v) stamp out; thwart; hinder Scourge (n) lash; whip; severe punishment Scruple (v) fret about; hesitate, for ethical reasons Scurrilous (adj) obscene; indecent Scurvy (adj) despicable; contemptible Scuttle (v) sink Seamy (adj) sordid, unwholesome Sedate (adj) composed; grave Sedition (n) resistance to authority; insubordination Sedulous (adj) assiduous Seine (n) net for catching fish Semblance (n) outward appearance; guise Seminal (adj) germinal; influencing future development; related to seed or semen Seminary (n) 2ndary school esp. for young women; school for training future ministers Sensuous (adj) pertaining to the physical senses Sententious (adj) terse; aphoristic; concise Sepulcher (n) tomb Sere (adj) parched; dry Sextant (n) navigation tool used to determine a ships longitude and latitude Shrew (n) scolding woman Shunt (v) turn aside; divert; sidetrack Shyster (n) lawyer using questionable tactics Sibylline (adj) prophetic; oracular Sidereal (adj) relating to the stars Simian (adj) monkey-like Simper (v) smirk; smile affectedly Sinecure (n) well-paid position with little responsibility Singular (adj) odd; unique; extraordinary Sinuous (adj) not morally honest; winding; bending in and out Skinflint (n) miser; stingy person Skittish (adj) lively; frisky Skulduggery (n) dishonest behavior Skulk (v) move furtively and secretly Slacken (v) slow up; loosen Slag (n) residue from smelting metal; dross