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11th Grade
05/03/2013
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sequester
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isolate; retire from public life
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serendipity
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gift fro finding valuable or desirable things by accident
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serenity
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calmness; placidity
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serpentine
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winding; twisting
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servile
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slavish; cringing
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severity
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harshness; intensity; sterness; austerity
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shackle
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chain; fetter
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sham
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pretend
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shambles
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wreck; mess
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shard
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fragment, generally of pottery
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shear
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cut or clip; strip of something
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sheathe
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place into a case
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sheer
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very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute
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shimmer
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glimmer intermittently
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shirk
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avoid; ,malinger
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shoddy
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inferior; trashy; cheap
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shrewd
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clever, astute
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shroud
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hide from view; wrap for burial
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shun
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keep away from
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simper
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smirk; smile affectedly
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sinecure
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well-paid position with little responsibility
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sinewy
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tough; strong and firm
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singular
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unique,extraordinary; odd
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sinuous
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winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
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skimp
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provide scantily; live very economicallly
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skinflint
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stingy person; miser
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