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Skeptic

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Doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a pov

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Simpering

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Smirking

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Sirocco

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Warm; sultry wind blown from Africa to southern Europe

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Slander

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Defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements

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Slattern

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Untidy or slovenly person

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Sleight

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Dexterity

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Slither

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Slip or slide

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Sluice

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Artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water

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Smattering

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Slight knowledge

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Sobriquet

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Nickname

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Solace

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Comfort in trouble

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Somatic

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Pertaining to the body; physical

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Sophist

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Teacher of philosophy

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Sophistication

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Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning

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Sophomoric

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Immature; shallow

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Soporific

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Sleep producer

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Spate

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Sudden flood

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Spatula

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Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing

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Spectrum

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Colored band produced when beam of light passes through a prism

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Spoliation

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Pillaging; depredation

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Spoonerism

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Accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

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Spume

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Froth; foam

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Staccato

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Played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound

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Stalemate

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Deadlock

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Stalwart

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Strong; brawny; steadfast

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Statutory

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Created by statute or legislative action

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Stereotyped

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Fixed and unvarying representation

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Stertorous

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Having a snoring sound

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Stigma

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Token of disgrace; brand

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Stilted

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Bombastic; inflated

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Stratum

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Layer of earth’s surface; layer of society

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Stultify

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Cause to appear foolish or inconsistent

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Suave

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Smooth; bland

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Subjective

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Occurring or taking within the subject; unreal

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Subliminal

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Below the threshold

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Subsidy

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Direct financial aid by government, etc

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Substantive

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Essential; pertaining to substance

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Sudorific

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Pertaining to perspiration

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Sumptuary

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Limiting or regulating expenditures

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Superimpose

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Place over something else

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Stigma

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Token of disgrace; brand

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Supernal

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Heavenly; celestial

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Supernumerary

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Person/thing in excess of what is necessary; extra

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Supple

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Flexible; pliant

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Suppurate

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Create pus

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Suture

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Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing

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Syllogism

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Logical formula utilizing a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

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Symmetry

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Arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity

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Talon

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Claw of bird

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Tantamount

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Tarantula

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Venomous spider

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Tarn

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Small mountain lake

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Tatterdemalion

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Ragged fellow

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Taut

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Tight; ready

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Tautology

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Unnecessary repetition; pleonasm

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Teleology

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Belief that a final purpose or design exists for the presence of individual beings or of the universe itself

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Temerarious

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Tenacity

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Firmness; persistency; adhesiveness

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Tendentious

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Having an aim; designed to further a cause

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Tenebrous

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Dark; gloomy

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Tergiversation

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Evasion; fickleness

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