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lusus naturae
  • n  a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
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lure
  • n  qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
  • n  anything that serves as an enticement
  • n  something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
  • v  provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
    He lured me into temptation
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luridness
  • n  the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
  • n  unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
  • n  the quality of being ghastly
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