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sensual
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relating to physical/sexual pleasures, carnal, voluptuous, sensory
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sensuous
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relating to stimulation of senses, appreciating stimulation, or causing stimulation (in all cases, stimulation is supposed to be pleasurable)
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labyrinth
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a maze (originated from Greek mythology)
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abyss
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something bottomless, endless space, terrible situation, hell
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gravity
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a force, seriousness, heaviness
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caldrons
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a boiling pot, a dangerous, tense situation
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sienna
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paint made from iron-rich soil
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saffron
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a spice, or orangey yellow color
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inextricably
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extremely convoluted, impossible to escape from
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lattice
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a crisscross framework or arrangement of points, can also be a verb - to provide lattice
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trellis
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a latticework structure, or a lattice that supports plants, can also be a verb - to train a plant on a lattice, to make something into a trellis
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defecate
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to expel feces, to purify (a solution)
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fervor
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great passion, intensity, heat
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burnoose
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a hooded cloak (resembling those worn by Arabs)
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patrician
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an aristocrat, or aristocratic
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voluptuous
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sensual, indulgent
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vulgar
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adj - crude, obscene, tasteless, lacking refinement
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propitious
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favorable and likely to lead to success
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samovar
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a Russian tea urn
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inertia
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apathy (don't care), resistance to change
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pumise
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a light rock with lots of airspaces
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depilatories
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hair removers
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superfluous
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more than enough, inessential
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undulate
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to move in wavelike motions, to go up and down gracefully
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volubility
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the act of talking incessantly, like a chatterbox
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