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Soporific-Tenacious

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soporific causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep; tranquilizing
sparse thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals; scarce; sporadic
specious seemingly true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; deceptive
spendthrift one who spends money wastefully; squanderer
sporadic occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances; intermittent, irregular, desultory
spurious lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit; illegitimate, phony
static not moving, active, or in motion; at rest; inert, stagnant, immobile
stentorian extremely loud and powerful; booming
stupefy to stun, baffle, or amaze; astonish, bewilder, astound
stygian gloomy; dark; infernal
subpoena a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony; summons, decree
subtle not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern; inconspicuous, indirect
succinct brief; concise; terse
superfluous exceeding what is sufficient or necesary; excessive, lavish
surfeit excess overindulgence; overabundance, surplus
sybarite a person who leads a life of pleasure and luxury; hedonist
sycophant someone who tries to get ahead through flattery and fawning; toady
tacit implied; not explicitly stated
taciturn uncommunicative; silent; reserved
tenacious adhering to or persisting in something valued; adamant, persevering--
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