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Slight

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Insult to ones dignity

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Sleight

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Dexterity

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Slipshod

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Untidy or slovenly

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Slovenly

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Slipshod

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Slough

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To shed, cast off

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Slur

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Insult to ones character or reputation

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Smolder

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To burn without flame

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Snivel

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Run at the nose, snuffle, whine

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Sodden

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Soaked, dull, as if from drink

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Sojourn

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Temporary stay

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Solecism

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Construction that is flagrantly or incorrect grammatically

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Solicitous

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Worried, concerned

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Soliloquy

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Talking to oneself

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Somber

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Gloomy, Stygian, depressing, dark

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Somnambulist

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Sleepwalker

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Affront

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An insult, offense

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Aggrandize

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To increase, make better, intensify

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Aggregate

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To gather, accumulate

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Agnostic

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One who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god

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Alacrity

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Cheerful promptness

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Dulcet

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Sweet sounding

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Dupe

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Someone who is easily fooled

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Duplicity

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Double dealing, hypocrisy.

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Duress

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Forcible restraint. Especially unlawfully

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Dutiful

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Respectful, obedient

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Ecclesiastic

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Pertaining to church. Ecclesiastic clothing of the pope

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Eddy

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Swirling current of water, air etc.

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Edict

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A decree