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auspicious
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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
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stealthily
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sneaky
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sultry
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oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day
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insolence
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contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech
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sated
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to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
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transcend
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to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
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pious
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having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
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perverse
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willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
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deference
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respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
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carrion
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dead and rotting flesh
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lithe
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bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
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Lull
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transitive verb to soothe or calm a person or animal, especially by using gentle sounds or motions
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