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affront
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to insult intentionally
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Her colleague regularly ______ her by interupting her when she was speaking.
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aspersion
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an unfavorable or damaging remark; slander; the art of defaming or slandering
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Larry was so angry about Joan's ______ against him that he went to a lawyer to determine whether he could sue her for slander.
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avarice
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immoderate desire for wealth
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Probably one of the most alluring and devious of sins is _______.
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conflagration
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a large destructive fire
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Thousands and thousands of acres of forest were destroyed in the West in an unprecedented __________.
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covert
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not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or showed; covered or covered over
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Jim made a(an) ___________ attempt to learn the telephone number of the beautiful girl who sat across the room from him.
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