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Adonis
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A exceptionally handsome young man; a flower
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aegis
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sponsorship, protection
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bacchanal
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a follower of Bacchus, the god of wine, a drunken reveler, and orgy.
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Cassandra
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One who predicts doom or disaster but is never believed
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conucopia
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abundance, horn of plenty
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cupidity
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excessive desire for wealth
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erotic
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concerning sexual love/desire
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herculean
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tremendously difficult and demanding; resembling Hercules in size, power, or courage.
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hydra
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a persistent or many-sided problem that presents new obstacles as soon as old ones are solved.
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iridescent
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displaying lustrous colours like those of the rainbow
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narcissism
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excessive admiration of oneself; norman liu.
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odyssey
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a long series of wanderings, especially when filled with notable experiences or hardships
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Olympian
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majestic, incomparably superior; pertaining to the olympic games
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palladium
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anything believed to provide proteciton or safety; a safeguard or guarantee of integrity of social institutions
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phoenix
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a person or thing of peerless beauty; a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or annihilation.
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aberrant
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deviating from what is normal or typical.
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anthropomorphism
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attributing human shape to gods, objects, animals
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archetype
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model; origoinal pattern; prototype.
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authoritarian
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characterized by unquestionaing obedience to authority
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catharsis
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the relieving of emotions by art; the allevation of fears by bringing them to consciousness
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demography
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the science of vital statistics
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epidemiology
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the branch of medicine that investiges the causes and controls of epidemics
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euthanasia
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method of causing death painlessly
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extrovert
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person who is active and expressive; a person who is outgoing
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psychic
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of the psyche or mind; beyond natural of known physical processes; MEWTWO!
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psychopath
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a person afflicted with a mental disorder
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psychotherapy
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using forms of mental treatment to cure nervous disorders
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schizophrenia
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a mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution and omnipotence.
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subliminal
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below the threshold of conscious perception
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trauma
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an emotional experience that has a lasting psychic effect.
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aficionado
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a fan; devotee
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barrio
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part of city where spanish speaking people live;
Meicans:Barrio as Negros:Ghetto |
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bonanaza
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rich pocket of ore; any source of wealth
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bravado
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pretended courage
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desperado
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bold outlaw; dangerous criminal
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flotilla
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a small fleet
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grandee
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a nobleman of the highest rank
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hacienda
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large estate; country house
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lariat
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lasso; rope used for tethering grazing horses
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machismo
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manly self assurance; masculine drive; virility
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manana
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tommorow; at some indefinite time in the future
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palmetto
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small palm tree
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renegade
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deserter; traitor
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siesta
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midday nap
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torero
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bullfighter on foot
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anachronism
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anything that is out of place in time; merlyn
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anon
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soon; shortly
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antebellum
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before the war; especially before the American Civil War
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antediluvian
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old fashioned; before the flood
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atavism
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reversion to a primitive type; resemblance to a remote ancestor
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augury
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the art of prophecy; an omen
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biennial
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happening every two years
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chronology
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arrangement of events in time; determination of dates
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diurnal
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daily; of the daytime
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eon
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long, indefinite period of time; thousands of years
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ephemeral
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short lived; transitory
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epoch
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noteworthy period
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generation
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the period of time between the birth of one group and its offspring
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score
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twenty people or objects; twenty years
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tercenternary
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a period of 300 years
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abut
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border on; adjoin
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bane
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cause of death, ruin or distress
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deign
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to think it beneath one's dignity; condescend; give
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eke
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to supplement; to manage to make a living with difficulty; to use frugally
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knell
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to ring in a slow, solemn way; toll; to call or announce by a mournful ringing; an omen of death or failure
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mete
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to allot, distribute, or apportion
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moot
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discussion or argument of a hypothetical law case; debatable; so hypothetical as to be meaningless
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mulct
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to punish by a fine or by depriving of something; to extract by froud or deceit
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plumb
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perfectly vertical; directly; to test or sound with a plumb line; to discover the facts of; to fathom, solve or understand
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quail
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to draw back in fear; lose heart or courage; cower
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roil
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to make a liquid cloudy or muddy; to stir up or agitate; to make angry; rile
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shunt
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to move or turn to one side; to shift of switch from one track to another
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svelte
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slender and graveful; suave; poished
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thrall
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slave or bondman; a person under the moral or psychological domiation of something or someone; slavery
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tryst
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an appointment, as by lovers; to meet.
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abscess
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swollen, inflamed area of body tissues
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aphasia
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losso of the power to use or understand words, usually cause by brain injury
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arteriosclerosis
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a thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, as in old age
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benign
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beneficial; not malignanat
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biopsy
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the cutting out of a piece of tissue for diagnostic examination by microscope
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cadaver
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dead body; corpse for dissection
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carcinogen
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any substance that causes cancer
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comatose
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as if in a coma; lethargic
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etiology
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the science of the causes and origins of disease
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malingerer
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one who fakes inllness and pretends to be suffering
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mastectomy
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the surgical removal of a breast
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prosthesis
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replacement for a missing part of the body
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simian
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of or like a monkey or an ape
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theraputic
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curative; serving to heal
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vasectomy
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the surgical removal of the duct that conveys the male sperm.
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behemoth
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huge animal; something enormous
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bestial
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savage; like an animal
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bovine
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an ox, cow, or related animal; having oxlike qualities; slow, dull, stupid, or stolid
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canivorous
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flesh eating
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equine
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a horse; of, like, or characteristic of a horse
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feline
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a member of the family that includes lions, tigers, jaguars, and wild and domestic cats; resembling or suggestive of a cat, as in suppleness, slyness, treachery, or stealthiness
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harbinger
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forerunner
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leonine
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of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion
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porcine
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of or pertaining to swine or pigs; piglike
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predator
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an animal that preys on others; on who abuses others for his own gain.
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saurian
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of or having the characteristics of lizards; a lizard
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ursine
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of or characteristic of a bear
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venomous
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malicious, spiteful, poisonus
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vixen
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a femal fox; a quarrelsome shrewish, or a malicious woman
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vulpine
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of, resmebling, or characteristic of a fos; clever, devious, or cunning.
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