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consanguinity
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blood relationship
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filial
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of or like a son or daughter
(Cordelia was the only one of King Bobs daughters who showed him filial affection) |
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fraternal
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of or like a brother
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genealogy
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a person's or a family's descent; lineage; pedigree
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gentility
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1. good manners
2. gentry; upper class |
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kith and kin
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friends and relatives
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maternal
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of or like a mother
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nepotism
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favoritism to relatives by those in power
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paternal
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of or like a father
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progenitor
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forefather
(Adam is the biblical progenitor of the human race) |
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progeny
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offspring; children; descendants
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sibling
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one or two or more children of a family
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aroma
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pleasant odor; bouquet
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aromatic
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sweet-scented; fragrant
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fusty
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1. stale-smelling; musty; moldy
2.old- fashioned |
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incense
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substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned
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malodorous
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ill-smelling; stinking; fetid; unpleasantly odorous
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noisome
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1. offensive to smell; disgusting
(The bus discharged noisome exhaust fumes that offended our nostrils.) 2. harmful; noxious |
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olfactory
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pertaining to the sense of smell
(Because of their superior olfactory sense,) |
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pungent
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sharp in smell or taste; acrid; biting; stimulating
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putrid
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1. stinking from decay
2. extremely bad; corrupt |
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reek
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emit a strong , disagreeable smell; be permeated with
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scent (n.)
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smell; perfume
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scent (v.)
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get suspicion of
(I scented a plot) |
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rancid
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unpleasant smell or taste from being spoiled or stale
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rank
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having a strong, bad odor or taste; offensively gross or coarse
(a skunk has a rank odor) 2.extreme (murder's killing strategy was rank) |
