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Words beginning with "s"
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A verb meaning to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison
What is enthrall
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An adjective meaning poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness or good taste
What is dowdy
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A verb meaning to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
What is desecrate
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An adjective meaning harmful, injurious
What is deleterious
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An adjective meaning subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
What is subservient
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A verb meaning to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
What is absolve
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An adjective meaning highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
What is florid
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A verb meaning to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
What is expurgate
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An adjective meaning extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
What is pernicious
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An adjective meaning making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou
What is sanctimonious
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A verb meaning to raise to higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of
What is enhance
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An adjective meaning untidy, dirty, careless
What is slovenly
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A verb meaning to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit
What is abate
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A noun meaning a greedy desire, particularly for wealth
What is avarice
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An adjective meaning sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)
What is scintillating
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A verb meaning to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
What is corroborate
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An adjective meaning cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct
What is nebulous
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A verb meaning to review a series of facts; to sum up
What is recapitulate
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A noun meaning a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; adjective meaning wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; verb meaning to disapprove of, condemn
What is reprobate
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An adjective meaning deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
What is specious
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A verb meaning to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence
What is resuscitate
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An adjective meaning resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
What is bovine
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A noun meaning a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; adjective meaning wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; verb meaning to disapprove of, condemn
What is reprobate
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A verb meaning to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; noun meaning the act of looting; booty
What is pillage
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An adjective meaning leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; noun meaning a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward
What is salient
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