1984 Vocab List #4

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Sententious
Given to excessive moralizing
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Sever
To cut or to separate
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Spontaneous
Having no external cause, acting on impulse
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Sporadic
Occasionally occurring
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Stagnant
Not flowing, foul from not moving
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Stratum
A horizontal layer
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Superfluous
Beyond what is needed or required, an overflow
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Synthetic
Artificial
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Tacit
Understood, silent, not spoken, implicit
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Tenet
A doctrine or principle held as being true
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Tinge
To add a bit of color, to affect slightly; a slight coloration
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Torpid
Sluggish, inactive, dull
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Uproarious
Making great noise (not necessarily negative)
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Urbane
Having a refined manner, suave, elegant
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Utopian
Having the characteristics of an ideally perfect place
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Venerate
To honor, to revere
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Vilify
To malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against
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Virtuoso
One skilled in there fine arts as an accomplished musician, a servant
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Vista
A distant view seen through an opening
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Voluptuous
Pleasurable to the senses; sensuous
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Wheedle
To try to convince by flattery, to coax, to cajole
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Wispy
Small in amount, fragile, or slight
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Witticism
A clever and witty remark
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Zeal
Enthusiasm, fervor
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Zealot
One who embraces a cause and supports it with vigor