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11th Grade
05/06/2013

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Term
Sequester
Definition

V.

isolate; retire from public life.

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Serendipity
Definition

n.

gift for finding valuable or desireable things by accident; accidental good fortune.

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Serenity
Definition

N. 

calmness; placidity

Term
Serpentine
Definition

Adj.

winding; twisting

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Servile
Definition

Adj.

Salvish; cringing

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Severity
Definition

N.

harshness; intensity

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Shackle
Definition

V.

chain, fetter

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Sham
Definition

V.

pretend

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Shambles
Definition

N.

wreck; mess.

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Shard
Definition

N.

Fragment, generally of pottery

Term
Shear
Definition

V.

cut or clip; strip of something.

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Sheathe
Definition

V.

place into a case

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Sheer
Definition

Adj.

very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute

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Shimmer
Definition

V.

Glimmer intermittently

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Shirk
Definition

V.

avoid; malinger

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Shoddy
Definition

Adj.

inferior; trashy; cheap

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Shrewd
Definition

Adj.

clever; astute

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Shroud
Definition

V.

hide from view; wrap for burial

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Shun
Definition

V.

Keep away from 

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Simper
Definition

V.

smirk; smile affectedly

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Sinecure
Definition

N.

well-paid position with little responsibility

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sinewy
Definition

Adj.

tough; strong and firm

Term
singular
Definition

Adj.

unique; extraordinary; odd

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Sinuous
Definition

Adj.

Winding; bending in and out; not morally often

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Skimp
Definition

v.

provide scantily; live very economically

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Skinflint
Definition

N.

Stringy person; misser

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