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  1. scathe
    the act of damaging something or someone
  2. drey
    the nest of a squirrel
  3. nidus
    a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs
  4. bane
    something causing misery or death
  5. malediction
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  6. execration
    hate coupled with disgust
  7. ruefulness
    sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
  8. attrition
    the act of rubbing together
  9. debris
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  10. haphazard
    dependent upon or characterized by chance
  11. slipshod
    marked by great carelessness
  12. convergence
    the act of coming closer
  13. rent
    a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to an owner
  14. foramen
    a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
  15. fissure
    a long narrow depression in a surface
  16. rupture
    the act of making a sudden noisy break
  17. chasm
    a deep opening in the earth's surface
  18. crevasse
    a deep fissure
  19. scissure
    a long narrow opening
  20. blench
    turn pale, as if in fear
  21. blanch
    turn pale, as if in fear
  22. degenerate
    a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
  23. prevarication
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
  24. deceive
    cause someone to believe an untruth
  25. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  26. hispid
    (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles
  27. hirsute
    having or covered with hair
  28. viscus
    a main organ that is situated inside the body
  29. eviscerate
    remove the entrails of
  30. pulseless
    appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
  31. breathless
    not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
  32. stillborn
    showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn
  33. bloodless
    free from violence or injury
  34. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  35. sallow
    unhealthy looking
  36. willow
    a tree that typically grows near water and has narrow leaves
  37. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  38. corrode
    cause to deteriorate due to water, air, or an acid
  39. decay
    the organic phenomenon of rotting
  40. reek
    give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
  41. corruption
    use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
  42. putrescence
    the quality of rotting and becoming putrid
  43. gangrene
    the localized death of living cells
  44. sphacelate
    undergo necrosis
  45. curdle
    go bad or sour
  46. deliquesce
    melt, liquefy, or dissolve, by absorbing moisture from the air
  47. sphacelus
    necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
  48. slough
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  49. brown
    of a color similar to that of wood or earth
  50. thrall
    the state of being under the control of another person
Created on Mon Mar 05 15:15:31 EST 2007

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