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42 PrimaryField=1 SecondaryField=2 GroupField=3 TagField=4 [DATA] word definition part of speech high-frequency sadistic inclined to cruelty adjective saga Scandinavian myth; any legend noun sagacious keen; shrewd; having insight adjective * salient prominent adjective saline salty adjective sallow yellowish; sickly in color adjective salubrious healthful adjective salutary tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome adjective salvage rescue from loss verb sanctimonious displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness adjectiv e sanction approve; ratify verb * sangfroid coolness in a trying situation noun sanguinary bloody adjective sanguine cheerful; hopeful adjective sarcasm scornful remarks; stinging rebuke noun sarcophagus stone coffin, often highly decorated noun sardonic disdainful; sarcastic; cynical adjective sartorial pertaining to tailors adjective sate satisfy to the full; cloy verb satellite small body revolving around a larger one noun satiate surfeit; satisfy fully verb satiety condition of being crammed full; glutted state; repletion noun satire form of literature in which irony; sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly noun satirical mocking adjective * saturate soak verb * saturnine gloomy adjective satyr half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wa nton and cunning noun saunter stroll slowly verb savant scholar noun savoir faire tact; poise; sophistication noun savory tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable adjective * scanty meager; insufficient adjective * scapegoat someone who bears the blame for others noun scavenger collector and disposer of refuse; animal that devours refuse and carrion noun schism division; split noun scintilla shred; least bit noun scintillate sparkle; flash verb scion offspring noun scoff mock; ridicule verb scourge lash; whip; severe punishment noun scrupulous conscientious; extremely thorough adjective * scrutinize examine closely and critically verb * scullion menial kitchen worker noun scurrilous obscene; indecent adjective scurry move briskly verb scuttle scurry; run with short; rapid steps verb scuttle sink verb

sebaceous oily; fatty adjective secession withdrawal noun seclusion isolation; solitude noun * secrete hide away; produce and release a substance into an organism verb sectarian relating to a religious fraction or subgroup; narrow-minded; lim ited adjective * secular worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal adjective sedate composed; grave adjective sedentary requiring sitting adjective sedition resistance to authority; insubordination noun sedulous diligent adjective seethe be disturbed; boil verb seine net for catching fish noun seismic pertaining to earthquakes adjective semblance outward appearance; guise noun senility old age; feeble mindedness of old age noun sensual devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptuous adjectiv e sensuous pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses adjective sententious terse; concise; aphoristic adjective septic putrid; producing putrefaction adjective sepulcher tomb noun