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n. give a sign of goodwill; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor


Spelling Word: salute
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a. ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds


Spelling Word: sarcastic
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n. a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting


Spelling Word: scalpel
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v. hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids


Spelling Word: secrete
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n. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern


Spelling Word: sequence
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a. affected with the disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health


Spelling Word: sick
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n. doubt about the truth of something; doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind


Spelling Word: skepticism
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a. smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide


Spelling Word: slippery
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a. of or relating to the sun


Spelling Word: solar
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n. the power of a country to control its own government  


Spelling Word: sovereignty