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sacr |
holy |
sacred |
holy |
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sacrifice |
holy offering |
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sci/scio |
know |
science |
knowledge/systematic study |
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conscious |
aware |
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omniscient |
all knowing |
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sanct |
holy |
sanction |
official permission |
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sanctify |
make holy |
4 |
scrib/script |
write |
describe |
write down / give a detailed account |
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prescription |
laying down rules or directions |
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manuscript |
written by hand |
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sec/sect |
cut |
bisect |
cut/split into two equal parts |
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secant |
line intersecting a curve at two or more points |
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section |
a cut portion/a piece |
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spec/spect/spic |
look |
specimen |
sample to be looked at |
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conspicuous |
striking/noticeable |
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specious |
believable but fallacious |
7 |
somn |
sleep |
insomnia |
chronic sleepiness |
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somniloquist |
one who talks in his sleep |
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somnolent |
feeling sleepy |
8 |
sub |
under |
submarine |
under water |
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subversive |
t ending to disturb/overthrow |
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subliminal |
existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness |
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super/sur |
above |
supercilious |
arrogant, haughty, condescending |
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superfluous |
extra, more than necessary |
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surg/sourc/surrect |
to rise |
insurgent |
rising up in revolution |
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insurrection |
rising up in armed rebellion |
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surge |
to rise up forcefully |