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Scintillate - Stricture
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English
10th Grade
04/20/2008

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Scintillate
Definition
To sparkle, either literally or figuratively
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Scrupulous
Definition
Strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons
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Scrutinize
Definition
To examine very carefully
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Secular
Definition
Having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns
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Sedition
Definition
Treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion
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Segregate
Definition
To separate
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Sensory
Definition
Having to do with the senses or sensation
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Sentient
Definition
Able to perceive by the senses; conscious
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Sequester
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To set or keep apart
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Serendipity
Definition
Accidental good fortune; discovering good things without looking for them
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Servile
Definition
Submissive and subservient; like a servant
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Singular
Definition
Unique; superior; exceptional; strange
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Sinister
Definition
Evil, wicked, foreshadowing evil, trouble, or wickedness
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Slander
Definition
To speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor
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Sloth
Definition
Laziness; sluggishness
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Sobriety
Definition
The state of being sober; seriousness
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Solicitous
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Eager and attentive, often to the point of hovering; anxiously caring or attentive
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Solvent
Definition
Not broke or bankrupt; able to pay one's bills
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Soporific
Definition
Sleep inducing; boring; sleepy
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Sordid
Definition
Vile; filthy; squalid
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Spawn
Definition
To bring forth; to produce a large number
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Specious
Definition
Deceptively plausible or attractive
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Sporadic
Definition
Stopping and starting; scattering; occurring in bursts every once in a while
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Spurious
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False; fake
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Squalor
Definition
Filth; wretched, degraded, or repulsive living conditions
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Squander
Definition
To waste
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Stagnation
Definition
Motionlessness; inactivity
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Static
Definition
Stationary; not changing or moving
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Staunch
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Firmly committed; firmly in favor of; steadfast
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Steadfast
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Loyal; faithful
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Stigmatize
Definition
To brand with disgrace; to set a mark of disgrace upon
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Stipulate
Definition
To require something as part of an agreement
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Stoic
Definition
Indifferent (at least outwardly) to pleasure or pain, to joy or grief, to fortune or misfortune
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Stratum
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A layer; a level
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Stricture
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A restriction; a limitation; a negative criticism
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Root - Se
Definition
Apart - Select, separate, seduce
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Root - Sed/sess/sid
Definition
To sit, to be still, to plan, to plot - Preside, resident, sentiment
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Root - Sens/sent
Definition
To feel, to be aware - Sense, sensual, sensory
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Root - Spec/spic/spit
Definition
To look, to see - Perspective, aspect
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Root - Sta/sti
Definition
To stand, to be in a place - Static, stationary
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Root - Cub/cumb
Definition
To lie down - Cubicle, incumbent
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