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reticent |
reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence |
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reverent |
respectful; worshipful |
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sage |
person celebrated for wisdom |
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salubrious |
healthful |
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sanction |
approve;ratify |
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satiate |
satisfy fully |
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saturate |
soak thoroughly |
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savor |
enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality |
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secrete |
hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism |
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shard |
fragment, generally of pottery |
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skeptic |
doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined evidence supporting a point of view |
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solicitous |
worried; concerned |
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soporific |
sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness |
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specious |
seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally) |
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spectrum |
colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism |
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sporadic |
occurring irregularly |
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stigma |
token of disgrace; brand |
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stint v. |
be thrifty; set limits |
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stipulate |
make express conditions; specify |
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stolid |
dull; impassive |
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striated |
marked with parallel bands; grooved |
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strut |
pompous walk |
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subpoena |
writ summoning a witness to appear |
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subside |
settle down; descend; grow quiet |
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substantiate |
establish by evidence; verify; support |
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supersede |
cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete |
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supposition |
hypothesis; surmise |
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tacit |
understood; not put into words |
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tangential |
peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing |
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tenuous |
thin; rare; slim |
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tirade |
extended scolding; denunciation; harangue |
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torpor |
lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy |
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tortuous |
winding; full of curves |
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tractable |
docile; easily managed |
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transgression |
violation of a law; sin |
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truculence |
aggressiveness; ferocity |
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vacillate |
waver; fluctuate |
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venerate |
revere, to regard with respect |
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veracious |
truthful |
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verbose |
wordy |
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viable |
practical or workable |
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viscous |
sticky,gluey |
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vituperative adj. |
abusive; scolding |
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volatile |
changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly |
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warranted |
justified; authorized |
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wary |
very cautious |
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welter |
turmoil;bewildering jumble |
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whimsical |
capricious;fanciful |
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zealot |
fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal |
