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| salutary | adj. beneficial, good for the health; wholesome |
| sanguine | adj. cherful and hopeful; confident; having a ruddy complexion |
| sardonic | adj. bitter; sarcastic; scornful |
| scapegoat | n. person or thing taking the blame for wrongdoing or mistakes of others |
| schism | n. a split or division in an organized group, especially a religion |
| scurrilous | adj. using abusive or offensive language |
| sedentary | adj. used to sitting much of the time; moving little and rarely |
| sedulous | adj. hard working; diligent; persevering |
| solstice | adj. either of the two times in the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator; the first day of summer or winter |
| somnolent | adj. sleepy; drowsy; causing sleep |
| sonorous | adj. giving out or having a deep, loud sound |
| sortie | n. a sudden attack by troop s from a defensive position; a single round trip of an airplane against the enemy |
| specious | adj. seemingly desirable, reasonable, or true but not really so; having a deceptively good appearance |
| stereotype | n. an oversimplified opinion or image that makes no allowances for individual differences; v. to form an oversimplified idea about someone or something |
| stipend | n. fixed or regular pay; salary or allowance |
| strident | adj. making or having a harsh sound; shrill |
| stultify | v. to make useless or ineffectual; to make dull |
| subservient | adj. submissive; obedient; servile; useful as a means to a purpose or an end |
| subsidiary | adj. subordinate; secondary; n. a company controlled by another company |
| subterfuge | n. a tridk, excuse, or deception used to escape something unpleasant |
| superannuate | v. to cast aside as old-fashioned or out of date; to retire on a pension because of age |
| surreptitious | adj. stealthy; secret and unauthorized |
| synchronize | v. to cause to happen at the same time; to cause to agree in rate or speed |
| syndicate | n. a group of persons or companies united to carry out some enterprise or business; v. to form a group to carry out some common enterprise |
| temerity | n. reckless boldness; rashness; foolhardiness |
| tenable | adj. capable of being held or defended; logical; defensible |
| tenuous | adj. thin; flimsy; not substantial |
| tenure | n. the holding of an office; the length of time for which a position is held; permanence of position granted to a teacher or professor |
| truism | n. a statement that everyone knows is true |
| unprecedented | adj. never done or known before; without example |
| venal | adj. willing to sell one's services or influence for money; open to bribes; dishonest |
| verify | v. to prove to be true; to confirm; to check for accuracy |
| vernacular | n. everyday or informal language; adj. using everyday language |
| virulent | adj. very poisonous or harmful; deadly; intensely bitter or spiteful |
| vitiate | v. to make imperfect; to spoil; to destroy the legal force or authority of; to weaken |
| vituperate | v. to find fault with in abusive words; to revile |
| vociferous | adj. loud and noisy; clamorous; demanding |
| volatile | adj. explosive; changing rapidly from one interest or mood to another; changing into vapor easily |
| voluminous | adj. very large; capable of filling volumes |
| votary | n. a person strongly devoted to something; someone bound by a vow |
