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| 1 | savant | (noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
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| 2 | savor | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" (verb) taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" (verb) give taste to (verb) have flavor; taste of something
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| 3 | sawdust | (noun) fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
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| 4 | scabbard | (noun) a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
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| 5 | scent | (noun) any property detected by the olfactory system (noun) an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced (noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant (verb) apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day" (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" (verb) cause to smell or be smelly
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| 6 | scribble | (noun) an aimless drawing (noun) poor handwriting (verb) write down quickly without much attention to detail (verb) write carelessly
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| 7 | scurvy | (noun) a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) (adjective satellite) of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
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| 8 | seal | (noun) any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions (noun) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents (noun) fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure (noun) a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture (noun) fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters (noun) an indication of approved or superior status (noun) a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal" (noun) a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land" (noun) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal" (verb) decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms" (verb) hunt seals (verb) cover with varnish (verb) close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax" (verb) make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows" (verb) affix a seal to; "seal the letter"
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| 9 | secular | (adjective satellite) concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular music"
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| 10 | sedulous | (adjective satellite) marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"
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| 11 | seminal | (adjective satellite) containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" (adjective) pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen; "seminal fluid"
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| 12 | sententious | (adjective satellite) concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen (adjective satellite) abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes
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| 13 | sequence | (noun) the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence" (noun) film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie (noun) a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients" (noun) several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys (noun) serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA" (verb) arrange in a sequence (verb) determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"
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| 14 | serrated | (adjective satellite) notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
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| 15 | serration | (noun) a single notch in a row of notches; "one of the serrations was broken off" (noun) a row of notches; "the pliers had serrations to improve the grip" (noun) the condition of being serrated; "the serrations of a city skyline"
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| 16 | servile | (adjective) submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work" (adjective) pertaining to or involving slaves; "the servile wars of Sicily"
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| 17 | servile | (adjective) submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work" (adjective) pertaining to or involving slaves; "the servile wars of Sicily"
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| 18 | severance | (noun) the act of severing (noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
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| 19 | shaft | (noun) the hollow shaft of a feather (noun) a revolving rod that transmits power or motion (noun) a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) (noun) a vertical passage into a mine (noun) (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column (noun) a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) (noun) a long pointed rod used as a weapon (noun) obscene terms for penis (noun) the main (mid) section of a long bone (noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" (noun) a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer (noun) a column of light (as from a beacon) (verb) defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit (verb) equip with a shaft
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| 20 | shallow | (noun) a stretch of shallow water (verb) become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" (verb) make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" (adjective) lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball (adjective) not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance" (adjective satellite) lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
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| 21 | shard | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact
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| 22 | sheath | (noun) a dress suitable for formal occasions (noun) a protective covering for a knife or sword (noun) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
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| 23 | shove | (noun) the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove" (verb) push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line" (verb) come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train" (verb) press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
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| 24 | shrewd | (adjective satellite) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" (adjective satellite) used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
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| 25 | shrill | (verb) utter a shrill cry (adjective satellite) high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle"
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| 26 | shun | (verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of (verb) expel from a community or group
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| 27 | shunt | (noun) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body (noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current (noun) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt" (verb) transfer to another track, of trains (verb) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
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| 28 | sidestep | (noun) a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing) (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
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| 29 | sinuous | (adjective satellite) curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines"
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| 30 | skiff | (noun) any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
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| 31 | skit | (noun) a short theatrical episode
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| 32 | slack | (noun) a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack" (noun) the condition of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" (noun) a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in slack water" (noun) a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" (noun) dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve (verb) cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" (verb) become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" (verb) make less active or intense (verb) become slow or slower; "Production slowed" (verb) make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" (verb) release tension on; "slack the rope" (verb) be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention" (verb) avoid responsibilities and work, be idle (adjective satellite) lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" (adjective satellite) flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water" (adjective satellite) lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip" (adjective satellite) not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
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| 33 | slake | (verb) cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" (verb) make less active or intense (verb) satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
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| 34 | slate | (noun) (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate (noun) a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices (noun) a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers (noun) thin layers of rock used for roofing (verb) designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor" (verb) cover with slate; "slate the roof" (verb) enter on a list or slate for an election; "He was slated for borough president"
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| 35 | sluggard | (noun) an idle slothful person
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| 36 | soar | (noun) the act of rising upward into the air (verb) go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced" (verb) fly a plane without an engine (verb) fly upwards or high in the sky (verb) rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yes" (verb) fly by means of a hang glider
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| 37 | sober | (verb) become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" (verb) become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" (verb) cause to become sober; "A sobering thought" (adjective satellite) lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes" (adjective) not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) (adjective satellite) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" (adjective) completely lacking in playfulness
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| 38 | sobriety | (noun) abstaining from excess (noun) a manner that is serious and solemn (noun) moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or drugs (noun) the state of being sober
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| 39 | sodden | (adjective satellite) wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"
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| 40 | soggy | (adjective satellite) having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; "the cake fell; it's a doughy mess" (adjective satellite) soaked with moisture; "a soggy lawn"; "the flood left waterlogged fields"
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| 41 | solemnity | (noun) a trait of dignified seriousness (noun) a solemn and dignified feeling
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| 42 | solvent | (noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" (noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" (adjective) capable of meeting financial obligations
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| 43 | somatic | (adjective satellite) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
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| 44 | soot | (noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink (verb) coat with soot
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| 45 | sophisticated | (adjective satellite) marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite"; "urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris" (adjective satellite) ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system" (adjective satellite) intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama" (adjective) having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"
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| 46 | sophistry | (noun) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
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| 47 | sordid | (adjective satellite) meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests" (adjective satellite) foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns" (adjective satellite) unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" (adjective satellite) morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the
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| 48 | spear | (noun) a long pointed rod used as a weapon (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish (verb) pierce with a spear; "spear fish" (verb) thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
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| 49 | specious | (adjective satellite) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument" (adjective satellite) plausible but false; "a specious claim" (adjective satellite) plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
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