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Visceral

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Characterized or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect

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Precipitous

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Dangerously high or steep

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Nondescript

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Of no particular type to kind; dull; uninteresting

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Insolent

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Rude, disrespectful, arrogant

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Auspicous

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Favorable; well-timed, promising

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Acrid

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Specific smell or taste

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Lament

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to feel or express sorrow or regret for

(N) an expression of grief or sorrow

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Pungent

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A sharp,strong, penetrating smell. Any smell

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Benevolent

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Kind, good hearted

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Elude

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Evade or escape from;

Filed to be attained by someone

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Chagrin

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(V) to annoy by disappointment or humiliation

(N) a feeling of annoyance, marked by disappointment or humiliation

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Acquiesce

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To give into something easily

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Disparage

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Bring shame upon someone

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Guileless

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Sincere; honest; straightforward; innocent.

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Adulterate

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To ruin something

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Augment

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To make larger; enlarge in size, number strength, or extent; increase

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Bereft

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Lacking something;

Lonely and abandoned

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Verbatim

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In exactly the same words; word for word

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Listless

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Having or showing little or no interest in anything; spiritless

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Innuendo

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A negative rumor