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SAT Words Mega-Scramble - S Words - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 34 times
- The average score is 12 of 30
Answer Stats
| Definition | Answer | % Correct |
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| Arabic obeisance or ceremonial greeting | Salaam | 100%
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| Inappropriate suggestiveness; the quality of lewdness | Salacity | 100%
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| Wrestling style that uses judo techniques | Sambo | 100%
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| An urn with a spigot to release hot water for tea | Samovar | 100%
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| Make something holy, consecrate; purify from sin | Sanctify | 100%
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| Hinder a competing party through covert or unfair means | Sandbag | 100%
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| Radical, working-class, political extremist (non-hyphenated compound word) | Sansculotte | 100%
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| Woman’s garment consisting of several yards of lightweight cloth | Sari | 100%
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| Unrestrained revelry; licentious revelry | Saturnalia | 100%
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| Loosen, scratch, or breakup some surface, such as a field or the skin | Scarify | 100%
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| An essential plot element for a genre of story (three words; spaces scramble, too) | Scène à faire | 100%
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| Thin, emaciated, or scrawny person or animal | Scrag | 100%
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| Loose rock and sediment on a mountain slope | Scree | 100%
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| Kitchen helper or menial kitchen worker | Scullion | 100%
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| Pertaining to worldly matters, not spiritual or religious | Secular | 100%
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| The meaning and interpretation of words and language | Semantics | 100%
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| Brief statement converting a general wisdom; aphorism | Sententia | 100%
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| Dull brown pigment often associated with old art or photography | Sepia | 100%
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| Navigation instrument used for measuring angles | Sextant | 100%
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| Church official responsible for burials and various maintenance tasks | Sexton | 100%
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| Hebrew greeting and farewell, meaning “peace” | Shalom | 100%
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| Crude, makeshift dwelling or shelter | Shanty | 100%
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| Grooved wheel used with a rope to form a pulley | Sheave | 100%
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| Demonstrating a bashful or self-conscious demeanour | Sheepish | 100%
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| A symbol or emblem imbued with mystical or magical significance | Sigil | 100%
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| Small, personal seal or engraved emblem used for personal authentication | Signet | 100%
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| The illicit exchange of money or good for religious favours or positions | Simony | 100%
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| Endlessly laborious and ultimately fruitless task | Sisyphean | 100%
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| Ancient Scandinavian poet or bard, known for composing sagas and epics | Skald | 100%
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| Nervous or easily frightened; prone to fleeing | Skittish | 100%
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| Deceptive or underhanded behaviour; trickery | Skullduggery | 100%
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| Lavish array of food items, featuring diverse culinary choices | Smorgasbord | 100%
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| Elegant evening social function | Soiree | 100%
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| Reside temporarily; or, a short visit | Sojourn | 100%
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| Wise and just legislator | Solon | 100%
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| Sleep inducing; tending to cause drowsiness | Soporific | 100%
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| Soft murmuring or rustling sound, such as the wind | Sough | 100%
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| Simple, austere; marked by extreme frugality and self-discipline | Spartan | 100%
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| The trail or tracks left by a wild animal; or, the trace of some person or thing | Spoor | 100%
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| Frothy foam or scum, often due to agitation | Spume | 100%
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| Easily nauseated or disgusted | Squeamish | 100%
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| Having a calm, steady, unadventurous demeanor | Staid | 100%
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| Large earthenware beer mug | Stein | 100%
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| Arranged in a star-shaped pattern; resembling a star in shape | Stellate | 100%
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| Labourer who loads and unloads cargo from ships | Stevedore | 100%
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| Person who displays self-control or indifference in regards to pleasure or pain | Stoic | 100%
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| Temporary measure to address an issue until a permanent solution is found | Stopgap | 100%
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| Plug a hole, opening, or vent to prevent the escape of a substance | Stopple | 100%
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| Broad, flat valley or lowland region, typically formed by a river | Strath | 100%
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| Arrange or differentiate into structured layers | Stratify | 100%
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| Slender, pointed instrument for writing or drawing | Stylus | 100%
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| Gradually spread or diffuse through a space, often referring to fluid or emotion | Suffuse | 100%
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| Muslic mystic | Sufi | 100%
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| Boundless, incalculable | Sumless | 100%
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| Sever or separate forcefully; disunite | Sunder | 100%
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| Traditional practices and customs of Islam based on Muhammad's teachings | Sunna | 100%
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| Form or discharge pus; fester | Suppurate | 100%
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| Irrational or nonsensical | Surd | 100%
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| Inducing uncertainty or pause, especially in legal procedures | Suspensive | 100%
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| Rustic fellow, peasant; or, a suitor | Swain | 100%
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| Display pretentious or ostentatious behaviour; show off | Swank | 100%
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| Stretch of land covered with grass, such as a lawn | Sward | 100%
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| Splash around hoisily in water; or, move violently and loudly; or, swagger, bravado | Swash | 100%
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| Liquid waste or refuse, especially remnants of food fed to pigs; or, drink in a gluttonous manner | Swill | 100%
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| Characterized by the love of luxury and pleasure | Sybaritic | 100%
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| Official or representative of a corporation or government; or, a magistrate | Syndic | 100%
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| Council or assembly of religious leaders | Synod | 100%
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| Rhythmic contraction, especially the rhythmic contraction of the heart | Systole | 100%
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| A mythical seal that can transform into a human | Selkie | 80%
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| Luck in finding unexpected valuable or pleasant things | Serendipity | 80%
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| Female demon that seduces men to harm them | Succubus | 80%
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| Delicious; appetizing in taste | Sapid | 75%
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| Characterized by romantic or sexual attraction between women | Sapphic | 75%
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| Sheath for a sword or knife | Scabbard | 75%
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| State of agitation or irritation, especially when over trivial matters | Snit | 75%
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| Dull, torpid, sluggish | Sodden | 75%
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| Personal discourse; the act of talking to oneself | Soliloquy | 75%
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| Producing rich, deep, resonant sound or voice | Sonorous | 75%
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| Sordid; foul, wrechted, morally repulsive | Squalid | 75%
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| Support, assist, or replace someone or something effectively | Stead | 75%
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| Slender, sharply pointed dagger | Stiletto | 75%
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| Add supplemental material; affix, attach | Subjoin | 75%
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| Prominent, standing out | Salient | 67%
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| Yellowish and pale in complexion | Sallow | 67%
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| Triangular pastry filled with meat or vegetables | Samosa | 67%
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| East-Asian, flat-bottomed boat used for fishing | Sampan | 67%
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| Secluded space for reflection; or, a hallowed place of spiritual purity | Sanctum | 67%
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| An Islamic title denoting noble lineage | Sayyid | 67%
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| Scribe or professional writer, often of legal papers | Scrivener | 67%
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| Feeling of doubt or hesitation arising from moral considerations | Scruple | 67%
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| Diligent, hardworking, persevering | Sedulous | 67%
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| Small lines or strokes on the letters of some typefaces | Serif | 67%
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| Displaying an irritable and nagging demeanor | Shrewish | 67%
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| Prophetess; wise or mystical woman | Sibyl | 67%
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| Showing a lack of neatness, thoroughness, or proper organization | Slipshod | 67%
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| Very small or miniscule quantity or portion | Smidgen | 67%
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| Tarnish or stain; sully | Smirch | 67%
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| Irritable, difficult, or aggressive in disposition | Snarly | 67%
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| Suppress or crush with forcible authority; stifle | Squelch | 67%
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| Editorial instructing to disregard a correction; "let it stand" | Stet | 67%
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| Unemotional, impassive; or, resolute and able to endure difficulty without emotion | Stolid | 67%
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| Harsh, loud and grating in tone; discordance | Strident | 67%
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| Obstruct or hinder the progress of | Stymie | 67%
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| Bring under complete domination; subdue, conquer | Subjugate | 67%
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| Include or incorporate something under a broader category or concept | Subsume | 67%
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| Woman characterized by a delicate and ethereal appearance; or, a mythological female spirit | Sylph | 67%
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| Pertaining to dressing well and tailored clothes | Sartorial | 60%
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| Shallow area in a body of water, such as a sandbar | Shoal | 60%
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| Sliding doors made of paper and wood | Shoji | 60%
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| A likeness or resemblence between two entities; counterpart | Similitude | 60%
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| Smoothly gracious and sophisticated, often superficially | Suave | 60%
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| A horn, often a ram’s, that is blown for Jewish ceremonies | Shofar | 57%
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| Dark, gloomy; or, black clothing of mourners | Sable | 50%
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| A chemical weapon that acts as a nerve agent | Sarin | 50%
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| Person who is exceptionally talented in their field | Savant | 50%
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| A structured framework or mental model; diagrammatic plan | Schema | 50%
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| An unstressed mid-central vowel sound | Schwa | 50%
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| Long, ranting speech or writing | Screed | 50%
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| A portable covered chair typically carried by two servants | Sedan | 50%
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| Predominantly inactive and given to sitting; or, settled, not migratory | Sedentary | 50%
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| The state or condition of being elderly or near the end of the average lifespan | Senescence | 50%
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| Objects that can be perceived or experienced | Sensibilia | 50%
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| Structure for storing human remains; tomb | Sepulchre | 50%
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| Isolate or separate from others for some particular purpose | Sequester | 50%
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| Phrase or password distinguishing the in-group from an out-group | Shibboleth | 50%
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| Thick, knotty stick or club used as a cudgel | Shillelagh | 50%
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| Having a congenial and harmonious disposition; mutual understanding | Simpatico | 50%
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| A habitually lazy or indolent person | Sluggard | 50%
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| Self-proclaimed; purported without established credentials (hyphenated) | Soi-disant | 50%
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| Sleepwalking; a state of performing actions while asleep | Somnambulism | 50%
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| Subtle hint; the mere trace of a clue or ingredient | Soupçon | 50%
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| Squarely; directly, with military precision | Spang | 50%
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| Flood, freshet; sudden and unusually large or heavy outpouring | Spate | 50%
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| Occuring irregularly or in unpredictable intervals | Sporadic | 50%
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| Steel bar or block used to stop or control the motion of a vehicle or machinery | Sprag | 50%
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| Couch, sofa; cushioned seat found in carriages | Squab | 50%
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| Marked by short, abrupt articulation; abrupt or disjointed | Staccato | 50%
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| Upright post or support | Stanchion | 50%
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| Using fine dots or specks for engraving or for producing shading in artwork | Stipple | 50%
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| Covered walkway or portico, typically supported by columns; Ancient Greek portico where philosophers gathered | Stoa | 50%
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| One of many parallel lines or grooves etched into a surface | Striation | 50%
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| Potent toxin commonly used in the Victorian era in rat poison | Strychnine | 50%
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| Dazed; in a state of deep lethargy, often due to illness or intoxication | Stuporous | 50%
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| Having the property of stopping bleeding; astringent | Styptic | 50%
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| Occurring beneath the skin | Subdermal | 50%
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| Suddenly or abruptly, especially in music; without delay | Subito | 50%
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| Situated below, either hierarchically or spatially | Subjacent | 50%
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| Cunning strategy employed to deceive or mislead | Subterfuge | 50%
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| Causing perspiration or sweating | Sudoriferous | 50%
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| Comprehensive treatise, typically in philosophy or theology | Summa | 50%
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| Relating to regulations that limit extravagant spending or personal indulgence | Sumptuary | 50%
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| Pertaining to the heavens or the divine; transcendent, celestial, or superlatively good | Supernal | 50%
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| Earnestly and humbly appeal to a higher power | Supplicate | 50%
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| Civilian merchant who sells provisions to a military unit | Sutler | 50%
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| Low-lying, marshy depression or valley often found between hills | Swale | 50%
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| Broad area of dark or tanned land; or, dark and dusky in complexion | Swarth | 50%
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| Wrap in cloth or bandages; or, envelop | Swathe | 50%
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| Verging on dizziness or disorientation | Swimmy | 50%
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| Person who seeks excessive luxury and self-indulgence in life | Sybarite | 50%
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| Characterized by the blending of diverse religious or cultural traditions | Syncretic | 50%
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| Thorough defeat; overwhelming loss | Shellacking | 40%
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| Self-centred to the point of sociopathy; having extreme egocentricity | Solipsistic | 40%
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| Thin and weak, often unsteady | Spindly | 40%
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| Perceptions or occurences above the threshold of conscious awareness; able to stimulate a response | Supraliminal | 40%
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| Excessive sweetness or sentimentality | Saccharine | 33%
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| Hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, or moral superiority | Sanctimonious | 33%
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| Possessing wisdom and discernment | Sapient | 33%
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| Delight or pleasure derived from the pain and hardships of others | Schadenfreude | 33%
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| Minuscule amount or minute trace of a substance | Scintilla | 33%
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| Chaotic, disorganized, in complete disarray | Shambolic | 33%
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| Display a feigned or affected smile, often with underlying insincerity | Simper | 33%
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| Exhibiting an attitude of disdain or condescension; dismissively haughty | Sniffy | 33%
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| Deceive, outwit, or trap someone cleverly | Snooker | 33%
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| Adulterate information or data to manipulate or mislead others | Sophisticate | 33%
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| Intermittent; or, given to irregular and sudden bursts of activity or violence | Spasmodic | 33%
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| Thorny; having a prickly or irritable disposition | Spinous | 33%
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| A person who is spirited, assertive, and often impulsive | Spitfire | 33%
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| Projection from the side of a ship, such as a gun platform | Sponson | 33%
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| Low to the ground; or, stout and dumpy in appearance | Squatty | 33%
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| Charactized by a formal, rigid, or uptight demeanor | Starchy | 33%
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| Refuse to comply out of stubborness, usually without sufficient reason | Stickle | 33%
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| Excessively filling or unappetizing; or, dull and conservative | Stodgy | 33%
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| Basin or vessel for holding liquids, especially in religious ceremonies; or, a beverage vessel or flagon | Stoup | 33%
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| Crafty or sly in a subtle or covert way; sagacious, discerning | Subtile | 33%
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| Displaying haughty disdain or patronizing arrogance | Supercilious | 33%
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| Characterized by excessive flattery or insincere praise to gain favor; fawning | Sycophantic | 33%
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| The display of aggression to assert dominance (hyphenated) | Sabre-Rattling | 25%
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| Inviolable and sacred; hallowed | Sacrosanct | 25%
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| Maintaining a calm, unruffled disposition | Sedate | 25%
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| A person who engages in unethical or unscrupulous legal practices | Shyster | 25%
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| Bending and twisting in a smooth, flowing manner | Sinuous | 25%
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| Superficially plausible but actually deceptive or misleading | Specious | 25%
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| Fine, spray-like water droplets blown from breaking waves | Spindrift | 25%
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| Magnificent; extraordinarily impressivein appearance | Splendiferous | 25%
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| Spiritual Elder or advisor in Eastern Orthodox Christianity | Starets | 25%
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| The act of gaining influence through argument or entreaty | Suasion | 25%
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| Abnormal fusion of two or more human fingers or toes | Syndactyly | 25%
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| Extreme egocentrism; or, philosophical belief that only one's own mind exists | Solipsism | 20%
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| Displaying immaturity, inexperience, or lack of sophistication in judgment | Sophomoric | 20%
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| Brief, intense commotion, outcry, or commotion | Squall | 20%
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| One who receives a sum of money provided at regular intervals | Stipendiary | 20%
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| Financial grant or subsidy provided to support a specific project or institution | Subvention | 20%
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| A blind spot; a localized area in the field of vision lacking sight | Scotoma | 17%
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| Characterized by tortuous, winding, or twisting elements | Serpentine | 17%
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| Tapering to a fine point; awl-like or needle-shaped | Subulate | 17%
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| Relating to priests or priesthood; sacred or religious in character | Sacerdotal | 0%
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| Possessing keen perception, wisdom, and sound judgment | Sagacious | 0%
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| A rotating forward jump in figure skating | Salchow | 0%
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| Energetic dance; or, abrupt movement or leap | Saltation | 0%
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| Cross-shaped symbol on a flag; an “X” | Saltire | 0%
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| Dull, insipid, lacking in character | Saltless | 0%
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| Break in continuity; gap in logic | Saltus | 0%
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| Promoting good health and well-being | Salubrious | 0%
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| Producing a positive effect; remedial | Salutary | 0%
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| Barrage of weapons fire; fusillade | Salvo | 0%
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| The practice of kindness and charity | Samaritanism | 0%
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| The underground distribution of forbidden or censored literature | Samizdat | 0%
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| Having the power to heal or cure; therapeutic | Sanative | 0%
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| Bubbling with optimism; cheerfully eager | Sanguine | 0%
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| Without worry; carefree and relaxed (two words) | Sans souci | 0%
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| The act or chemical process of making soap | Saponification | 0%
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| Military specialist for explosives and fortifications | Sapper | 0%
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| Exhibiting cynical or mocking humour | Sardonic | 0%
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| Mass of floating vegetation; or, vast, stable seaweed region of the ocean | Sargasso | 0%
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| Strut flamboyantly in an exaggerative manner | Sashay | 0%
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| Completely gratify a want or need | Sate | 0%
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| Soak completely and thoroughly | Saturate | 0%
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| Steady and gloomy in mood; surly, melancholic | Saturnine | 0%
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| Lead poisoning | Saturnism | 0%
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| Walk leisurely and aimlessly; or, an unhurried stroll | Saunter | 0%
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| Having a pattern or structure that resembles a ladder | Scalariform | 0%
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| The analysis of poetic meter and rhythm | Scansion | 0%
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| Cowardly character who demonstrates exaggerated buffoonery | Scaramouch | 0%
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| A ditch adjacent to a parapet; or, an abrupt, cliff-like slope | Scarp | 0%
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| A wasteful person; or, an excessively generous philanthropist | Scattergood | 0%
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| Person involved in the latest trends and fashions | Scenester | 0%
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| An awkward buffoon; a bumbler | Schlemiel | 0%
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| Carry with some effort; or, a dull and tedious task | Schlep | 0%
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| Genealogical descendent; the heir of an aristocratic family | Scion | 0%
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| Process of splitting or dividing; or, a schism | Scission | 0%
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| Showing symptoms associated with scurvy | Scorbutic | 0%
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| Slag; waste material from metal smelting and refining | Scoria | 0%
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| Blind spot; localized part of the field of vision that is absent of vision | Scotoma | 0%
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| Diligent and meticulous in moral or ethical matters | Scrupulous | 0%
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| Capable of being understood or deciphered | Scrutable | 0%
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| Divination by crystal gazing | Scry | 0%
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| Rapidly move in the manner of low-level clouds | Scud | 0%
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| Room for dishwashing and kitchenwork | Scullery | 0%
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| Opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship to allow passage of water; or, thwart a plan | Scupper | 0%
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| Given to abusive, vulgar, or offensive language | Scurrilous | 0%
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| Rumour-filled gossip; or, a cask on a ship with enough fresh water for a day | Scuttlebutt | 0%
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| Fatty or waxy in appearance or composition | Sebaceous | 0%
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| Withdrawal into seclusion, often from a political entity | Secession | 0%
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| Having bigoted, narrow-minded views, especially prejudice against outsiders | Sectarian | 0%
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| Capable of being easily cut, shaped, or carved | Sectile | 0%
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| The promotion of rebellion or resistance against established authority. | Sedition | 0%
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| Female prophet or clairvoyant | Seeress | 0%
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| Isolate or ostracize for specific, often cultural or racial, criteria | Segregate | 0%
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| A smooth transition between ideas or topics | Segue | 0%
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| Profoundly, earth-shatteringly impactful; utterly transformative | Seismic | 0%
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| The edge of a woven fabric, usually more tightly wound to prevent fraying | Selvage | 0%
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| System of communication that uses visual cues, particularly two flags | Semaphore | 0%
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| Everlasting, enduring without end | Sempiternal | 0%
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| Grouping or numbering based on the number six | Senary | 0%
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| Medical conditions or health issues arising after a primary illness | Sequela | 0%
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| Angelic, divine, heavenly | Seraphic | 0%
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| Dry, withered; in a state of desiccation | Sere | 0%
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| Representation or image that closely resembles the original | Simulacrum | 0%
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| Position or job that requires little or no work but provides salary | Sinecure | 0%
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| Move in a disorderly or frantic manner; scurry | Skelter | 0%
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| Hydrate, quench one's thirst; treat a person or object with water | Slake | 0%
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| Hasty and careless; lacking in attention to detail | Slapdash | 0%
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| Untidy because of laziness; slovenly | Slatternly | 0%
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| Artful dexterity or clever maneuvering | Sleight | 0%
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| Plod through a persistently arduous task | Slog | 0%
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| Characterized by a drowsy, tranquil, or sleep-inducting quality | Slumberous | 0%
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| Insincerely ingratiating in demeanour or speech; possessing false earnestness | Smarmy | 0%
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| A slight or superficial understanding of a subject | Smattering | 0%
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| Seize or obtain an item skullfully and quickly | Snaffle | 0%
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| Descriptive or familiar name for a person; nickname | Sobriquet | 0%
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| A conclusively powerful blow or argument that definitely settles the matter | Sockdolager | 0%
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| Formal association with shared social, and often religious, objectives | Sodality | 0%
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| A grammatical error; or, an embarrassing breach of social etiquette | Solecism | 0%
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| Deeply worried or anxious; showing heightened concern and vigilance | Solicitous | 0%
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| Trained wine expert; manager of a restaurant's wine service | Sommelier | 0%
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| State of drowsiness or sleepiness, especially during the day | Somnolence | 0%
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| Predict the future; prophecize | Soothsay | 0%
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| Involving clever but untrue arguments, often intended to deceive | Sophistic | 0%
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| Casting lots (using random chance) as a means for divination | Sortilege | 0%
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| System where individuals are chosen for public office through random selection | Sortition | 0%
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| Flirtatious young woman, especially in theatrical comedies | Soubrette | 0%
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| Small, shiny decoration | Spangle | 0%
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| A devoted, servile person | Spaniel | 0%
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| Investor who engages in high risk ventures; or, one who guesses with weak evidence | Speculator | 0%
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| Hobby where one explores caves and underground caverns | Spelunking | 0%
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| Person who maintains an enigmatic or mysterious figure | Sphinx | 0%
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| Energetically wity; intellectually refined | Spirituel | 0%
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| Containing a high concentration of alcohol | Spirituous | 0%
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| Relating to the internal organs; visceral | Splanchnic | 0%
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| Characterized by irritability, ill-temper, or a tendency to anger | Splenetic | 0%
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| The act of plundering or looting, especially in a destructive manner | Spoliation | 0%
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| An unintentional swap of the initial sounds of words, such as "blushing crows" instead of "crushing blows" | Spoonerism | 0%
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| Intuitive understanding of language and its nuances; or, the character of a language | Sprachgefühl | 0%
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| The ability to perform with effortless grace, nonchalance, or artful ease | Sprezzatura | 0%
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| Youthfully energetic; full of vitality and liveliness | Sprightly | 0%
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| Trap typically attached to an elastic sapling to ensnare small animals | Springe | 0%
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| Lacking validity, legitimacy, or credibility | Spurious | 0%
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| Short, satirical piece of writing | Squib | 0%
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| Tapering, icicle-like mineral deposit that hangs from the roof of a cave | Stalactite | 0%
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| Sculptor | Statuary | 0%
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| Upright stone slab or pillar, usually inscribed to serve as a memorial or monument | Stela | 0%
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| Characterized by noisy, laboured breathing, resembling snoring | Stentorous | 0%
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| Single line or metric unit in verse or poetry | Stich | 0%
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| Dialogue in which characters exchange rapid, single lines of speech, such as in an argument or dispute | Stichomythia | 0%
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| Moving in a direction opposite the natural grain or pattern; against the grain, especially in woodcarving | Stoss | 0%
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| Cross-eyedness; the misalignment of the eyes | Strabismus | 0%
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| Facing difficulties or financial constrainments; suffering privation | Straitened | 0%
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| Method of torture where a victim is suspended by their hands, which are bound behind their back | Strappado | 0%
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| Cunning or deceitful tactic, particularly in warfare or politics | Stratagem | 0%
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| Crumbly topping for baked good made of fat, sugar, and flour | Streusel | 0%
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| Critical or censorious remark or comment; condemnation | Stricture | 0%
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| Unpleasant, shrill, creaking noise | Stridor | 0%
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| Covered with stiff, straight, bristly hairs | Strigose | 0%
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| Strip of leather or fabric used to sharpen razors or blades | Strop | 0%
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| Stanza; division in a poem or song | Strophe | 0%
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| Goiter; swelling of the thyroid gland | Struma | 0%
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| Render ineffective, absurd, or meaningless; impair, invalidate | Stultify | 0%
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| Mental numbness or confusion, often resulting from shock or disbelief | Stupefaction | 0%
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| Dark, gloomy, or hellish in nature; profoundly dark and forbidding | Stygian | 0%
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| Slender probe used in medical procedures; or, a very pointed and very sharp dagger | Stylet | 0%
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| Foundational structure that supports columns or pillars | Stylobate | 0%
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| An entity exerting its influence to dominate, supress, or submerge some weaker entity | Subduction | 0%
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| Negate, cancel; deny the crux of a formal or legal argument | Sublate | 0%
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| Transform or refine something, like emotions or impulses, into a more acceptable or elevated form | Sublimate | 0%
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| Existing on or relating to the earth; worldly, not celestial | Sublunary | 0%
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| Induce someone to commit perjury or another unlawful act | Suborn | 0%
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| Substitute or replacement, especially in the context of medicine or therapy | Succedaneum | 0%
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| Following in a sequence or position; subsequent | Succedent | 0%
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| Assistance, support, or relief provided during times of distress or need | Succor | 0%
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| Room in a bathhouse for therapeutic or relaxing sweating | Sudatorium | 0%
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| Tacit acceptance or permission of something undesirable, often out of necessity | Sufferance | 0%
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| One of a kind; unique (two words) | Sui generis | 0%
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| Having legal capacity of oneself; able to act independently (two words) | Sui juris | 0%
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| Having a temperment marked by anger, irritability, bitterness or a quick temper; or, blasphemous | Sulferous | 0%
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| Tarnish or soil another's reputation or purity | Sully | 0%
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| Combine to create a cumulative effect | Summate | 0%
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| The highest or ultimate good, particularly in philosophical or ethical contexts (two words) | Summum bonum | 0%
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| Packhorse or mule, especially one used to carry military supplies | Sumpter | 0%
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| Lavish, luxurious, overly expensive | Sumptuous | 0%
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| An assortment of small, unspecified goods or supplies | Sundries | 0%
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| Obsolete due to old age or extended service; outdated or excessively old-fashioned | Superannuated | 0%
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| Going beyond what is required or expected, especially in moral or religious matters | Supererogatory | 0%
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| Outward or surface appearance of an object | Superficies | 0%
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| Of the highest degree or quality; the best | Superlative | 0%
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| Higher in rank or authority | Superordinate | 0%
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| Occur as an additional, unexpected result | Supervene | 0%
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| Rotation of the forearm and hand so the palm faces upwards | Supination | 0%
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| Disposed to lethargy, apathy, or indolence; given to listless loafing | Supine | 0%
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| Replace or displace someone, especially by using cunning or strategy | Supplant | 0%
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| Expressing a humble and earnest plea or request; humbly entreating | Suppliant | 0%
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| Falsely presented as genuine or authentic; fraudulent or counterfeit | Supposititious | 0%
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| Temporary respite or cessation of pain or suffering | Surcease | 0%
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| Excessive amount; overabundance | Surfeit | 0%
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| Loose, white religious vestment, often worn during church services | Surplice | 0%
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| Done secretly; clandestine or stealthy | Surreptitious | 0%
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| Process of designating a surrogate or alternate representative; substitution | Surrogation | 0%
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| Man's long, fashionable outer coat or overgarment | Surtout | 0%
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| Monitor or observe closely; maintain active supervision over a person | Surveil | 0%
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| Deep, often audible sigh expressing relief or exhaustion | Suspire | 0%
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| Act of providing support, maintenance, or nourishment; preservation, maintenance | Sustentation | 0%
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| Soft, murmuring or rustling sound, like a gentle whisper | Susurrus | 0%
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| Dominant or controlling authority in a political relationship; overlord or feudal lord | Suzerain | 0%
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| Slender and gracefully elegant in figure; lithe | Svelte | 0%
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| Person who manipualtes or exercises control over another for personal gain | Svengali | 0%
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| Dusky or blackened; or, malignant, harmful | Swart | 0%
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| One who flatters others for personal gain | Sycophant | 0%
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| Relating to or characteristic of the woods or forest; wooded | Sylvan | 0%
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| Disrupt or interrupt the regular flow, especially or pattern of music or speech; cut short | Syncopate | 0%
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| Figure of speech where a part represents the whole | Synecdoche | 0%
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| Harmonious interaction where the whole is greater than the sum of its part; or, belief in the cooperation of divine grace and human will | Synergism | 0%
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| Merging of sensory experiences, like hearing colours or tasing words | Synesthesia | 0%
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| Pertaining to the structural relationship of words in a sentence | Syntagmatic | 0%
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| Effective conjunction of multiple elements in a coordinated manner; or, alignment of three celestial bodies | Syzygy | 0%
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