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GRE: Set 42
sophistry-stripling
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01/24/2011
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sophistry
 Definition
deceptive reasoning or argumentation
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sophomoric
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immature and overconfident
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soporific
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sleepy or tending to cause sleep
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sordid
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filthy; contemptible and corrupt
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sovereign
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having supreme power
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spartan
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austere, severe, grave; simple, bare
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specious
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deceptively attractive
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speculation
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contemplation; act of taking business risks for financial gain
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sportive
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frolicsome; playful
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spurious
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lacking authenticity; counterfeit, false
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spurn
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to reject or refuse contemptuously; to scorn
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squalid
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filth; morally repulsive
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squander
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to waste
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staccato
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marked by abrupt, clear-cut standards
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staid
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self-restrained to the point of dellness
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stalwart
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strong, unwavering
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stand (n)
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group of trees
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stark
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bare, empty, vacant
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stasis
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motionless state; standstill
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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stigma
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mark of disgrace or inferiority
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stilted
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stiff, unnatural
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stint (v)
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to be sparing or frugal
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stolid
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having or showing little emotion
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stratify
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to arrange into layers
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striate
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striped, grooved
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stricture
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something that restrains; negative criticism
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strident
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loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy
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stringent
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imposing severe, rigorous standards
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stripling
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an adolescent boy
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