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slight

Short Definition : insult to one's dignity; snub; V: treat as if of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ. small in size; of small importance

Definition
(noun) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Synonyms : rebuff
Definition
(verb) pay no attention to, disrespect
Synonyms : cold-shoulder
Example Sentence
  • She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance
Definition
(adj) (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Synonyms : little
Example Sentence
  • little rain fell in May
  • gave it little thought
  • little time is left
  • we still have little money
  • a little hope remained
  • there's slight chance that it will work
  • there's a slight chance it will work
Definition
(adj) lacking substance or significance
Synonyms : flimsy fragile tenuous thin
Example Sentence
  • slight evidence
  • a tenuous argument
  • a thin plot
  • a fragile claim to fame
Definition
(adj) being of delicate or slender build
Synonyms : slender slim svelte
Example Sentence
  • she was slender as a willow shoot is slender
  • a slim girl with straight blonde hair
  • watched her slight figure cross the street
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for slight

Give slight importance or attention.Ur putting someone in slight(minority) hence humiliating.

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chori karte hue light khol di i felt slighted.

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SLIGHT can be taken as Sex in LIGHT. So during the course, the girl may protest ,as she feels "DISRESPECT" and say to put off light- but BOY "doesnt paid attention" .

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sl(slap) + ight(tight) --> insult or offence

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If u dont give a slight(small) respect to ur parents, then slight them i.e insult to their dignity.

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sometimes with our friends ,we deliberately insult someone with disrespect and later we say "light ra"(take it easy)...s'light'

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when you have a bad fight you try to say something that is an "insult to one's dignity" or snub the other rightaway !

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slink

Short Definition : move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush)

Definition
(verb) walk stealthily
Example Sentence
  • I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for slink

When his links with the Mafia were revealed, he slunk (slink) through the roads of Mumbai.

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slink : slide without inkling anybody i.e. to walk without getting noticed

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as the guard blink his eyes the theif could move in slink

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slide like wink

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slipshod

Short Definition : slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work

Definition
(adj) marked by great carelessness
Example Sentence
  • a most haphazard system of record keeping
  • slapdash work
  • slipshod spelling
  • sloppy workmanship
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for slipshod

slipshod.....very close to slipshot ..slip+shot..(in cricket)....so now think of a batsman ...playing a SHOT TO THE SLIP in a VERY CARELESS MANNER...thereby being caught out by the fielder at the slip.

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slips+HOD....my HOD always wears SLIP(PERS) to college and dresses in a SHABBY manner

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all know SLIPKNOT band... thw members of this band are very solvenly in appearance as they wear masks for all the performances

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relate it to shoddy which means inferior. One who uses shoddy material is slipshod. One can also link it with slapdash, the meaning is similar

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we'll keep SLIP in front of HOD..........careless

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who always slips in doing things coz he is CARELESS

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slither

Short Definition : slip or slide

Definition
(verb) to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
Synonyms : slide
Example Sentence
  • They slid through the wicket in the big gate
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for slither

SLITHER rhymes with SLIPper. So remember it as SLIP.

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Slytherine heirs can talk to snakes and hence called so. Snakes slither.

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slither itself says slide ker which means move firmly

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s + LITHER (lather)... when there is lather on sth. and if you try to catch it it will slip away from ur hands

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sly+the(r) sly the person i.e slip him from good position to bad

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sloth

Short Definition : slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent

Definition
(noun) a disinclination to work or exert yourself
Synonyms : slothfulness
Definition
(noun) any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
Synonyms : tree sloth
Definition
(noun) apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonyms : acedia laziness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sloth

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"slow"th

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sounds like Slog>> u know slog over over in cricket.. those betn 20-40 overs.. no one watches it as its too slow cricket and ppl feel lazy n sleep..

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slough

Short Definition : (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed

Definition
(noun) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
Synonyms : gangrene sphacelus
Definition
(noun) a hollow filled with mud Definition
(noun) a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) Definition
(noun) any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) Definition
(verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
Synonyms : exuviate molt moult shed
Example Sentence
  • our dog sheds every Spring
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for slough

Remember plough. Plough means to dig and make useful while slough means to cast off and remove waste.

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slough sounds similar to slaughter....so when there is a slaughter ,so many lives are CAST OFF

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Snake it slow when its slough.

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Slough is pronouned similarly to slow. Pictorise these chases often seen on TV(say pirated of hte carribbean :) ).When being pursued by someone,you need to CASTOFF unwanted objects to move faster

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slough is pronounced as sluf when it means to shed skin.. so it also means hisss-rough , a snake shaking off its skin roughly

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s+lough=laugh it [off]!

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slough - sluf - sounds like puff.. to inflate or distend... puff of the skin is to slough

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slovenly

Short Definition : untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless

Definition
(adj) negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
Synonyms : frowsy frowzy
Example Sentence
  • filled the door with her frowzy bulk
  • frowzy white hair
  • slovenly appearance
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for slovenly

people of SLOVENIA(a country in europe) are known to be very untidy and careless people.

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split the word as slove(stove) + enly(early) In the olden days,cooking was carried out on stoves which were very DIRTY,UNTIDY

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SLOW+LOVELY - she is so slow that does not want to be LOVELY/ does not groom herself. so she is slovenly.

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if u r out of LOVE, u get shabby and not neat

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SLOWenly....A person who has slowed his growth is careless and Untidy....

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slovenly means slipshod work..slovenly woven sweater..

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OVEN is always slovenly in some house

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: a SLOw person is careless and OVEN are usually untidy and dirty in most bakeries in india

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slovenly - not evenly in dressing and more like a dirty oven

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Sounds like SLOPPY to me. Slovenly, thus can be inferred as Sloppy Dressing i.e. Untidy Dressing.

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The starts with slo always means careless.

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Slovenly = slow + event; i.e doing carelessly the bill.

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SLOVENLY = slow + event; The event is slow i.e. not synchronized.

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sluggard

Short Definition : lazy person

Definition
(noun) an idle slothful person
Synonyms : slug
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sluggard

cognate to "sluggish".

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slow+guard--lazy person

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Sounds like Laggard

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sluggish

Short Definition : lazy; slow; inactive; lethargic; CF. slug: nail with no shell

Definition
(adj) moving slowly
Synonyms : sulky
Example Sentence
  • a sluggish stream
Definition
(adj) (of business) not active or brisk
Synonyms : dull slow
Example Sentence
  • business is dull (or slow)
  • a sluggish market
Definition
(adj) slow and apathetic
Synonyms : inert soggy torpid
Example Sentence
  • she was fat and inert
  • a sluggish worker
  • a mind grown torpid in old age
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sluggish

slugginsh = slow + ish :)

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(come from) slug: mail with no shell

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sluice

Short Definition : artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)

Definition
(noun) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
Synonyms : penstock sluiceway
Definition
(verb) pour as if from a sluice
Synonyms : sluice down
Example Sentence
  • An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
Definition
(verb) irrigate with water from a sluice
Synonyms : flush
Example Sentence
  • sluice the earth
Definition
(verb) transport in or send down a sluice
Example Sentence
  • sluice logs
Definition
(verb) draw through a sluice
Example Sentence
  • sluice water
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sluice

Divide 'sluice' into 'slow','ice'.when ice slowly melts in the Arctic region then the nearby areas are flooded and we need a sluice, which means watergates, to control the flow of water and protect the people.

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sluice ( straw + juice ) - the straw will control the flow of juice

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sounds like Suez Canal.!

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<br>slew has two meanings. <br>1. a number of <br>2. swerve suddenly. "slew"ice is used achieving the latter.

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sluice gates control the flow of water in a dam

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