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stupendous
huge; causing amazement
remorse
guilty or bad
groveling
Crawling in humilation; to beg
mottled
speckled
snidely
hateful; nasty
peevish
irritable; angry
pungently
high in flavor
girded
prepare for action; stregnthen
manic
crazy
appraising
judge