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Esoteric Adjectives in Science and Literature is a hard crossword puzzle with 14 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Esoteric Adjectives in Science and Literature
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- 2. In a stage of flowering or blossoming; emerging vibrantly
- 3. Given to scolding or reproach; vehemently abusive
- 8. Marked by carefree heedlessness; indifferent nonchalance
- 11. Having qualities attributed to a magical charm or object
- 13. Prone to bribery or corruption (used adjectivally in moral contexts)
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- 1. Having keen insight and understanding; intellectually sharp
- 4. Possessing physical beauty, especially in classical terms
- 5. Mournful, darkly gloomy like a deep Victorian lament
- 6. Rendered confusing or unclear, often by unnecessary complexity
- 7. Highly injurious in a subtle, often unseen way (Latin-derived)
- 9. Winding, twisting like a snake; furtive or cunningly indirect
- 10. Resembling or relating to pathological liver scarring
- 12. Characterized by deception or untruthfulness
- 14. Infamous for wickedness; villainously evil (often in literature)
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