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sham
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pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake; Ex. sham jewelry; N: something that is not what it appears; impostor; pretense; Ex. The agreement was a sham
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shard
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fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)
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shaving
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very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)
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sheaf
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bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
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shear
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remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of scissors
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sheathe
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place into a case; insert into or provide with a sheath; Ex. He sheathed his dagger; N. sheath: case for a blade
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sheer
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pure; thin and transparent; very steep
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shirk
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avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger
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shoddy
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made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick
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shrew
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scolding woman; very small mouselike animal
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shrivel
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make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
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shudder
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shake uncontrollably; tremble; V.
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shunt
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move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N
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shyster
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lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner
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sibylline
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prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)
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sidereal
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relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day
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sift
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put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles; sort or examine carefully
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silt
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sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)
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simian
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monkeylike; N: ape or monkey
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simper
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smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly
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