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  • 51taste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. savor; sample. n. flavor; tasting, morsel, sample; predilection, relish, preference; judgment.See taste, choice. II Sense of flavor Nouns 1. taste, tastefulness; good or cultivated taste; delicacy,… …

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  • 52spite — Synonyms and related words: Anglophobia, Russophobia, Schadenfreude, abhorrence, abomination, animosity, annoy, antagonism, anti Semitism, antipathy, aversion, belligerence, bigotry, bitchiness, bitterness, bone to pick, cattiness, clash,… …

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  • 53unsavoriness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Unpleasant taste Nouns unsavoriness, tastelessness, insipidity; unpalatableness, distaste fulness, roughness, acridity, acridness, acerbity, sourness; gall and wormwood. See dislike, discontent. Verbs be… …

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  • 54annoyance — n. Vexation, molestation, discomfort, trouble, plague, nuisance, bore, torment, infliction, irritation, scourge, thorn, bitter pill, gall and wormwood …

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  • 55thorn — n. 1. Spine, prickle. 2. Annoyance, plague, nuisance, care, infliction, trouble, scourge, torment, bitter pill, curse, gall and wormwood, evil, bane, nettle …

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  • 56resentment — n 1. indignation, offense, umbrage, pique, righteous anger, disgust; anger, ire, wrath, dudgeon, rancor, fury, rage, venomousness; displeasure, disapproval, disapprobation, dissatisfaction, disgruntlement, unhappiness; irritation, annoyance,… …

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  • 57POISON — (Heb. חֵמָה, לַצֲבָה, מְרֵרָה, רֹאשׁ (רוֹשׁ), רַעַל, תַּרְצֵלָה; Akk. imtu, martu; Ug. ḥmt). The biblical terms for poison are derived mainly from two sources: types of poisonous plants and the poisonous venom of snakes and other reptiles. Many… …

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  • 58Lamentations 3 — 1 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he… …

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  • 59bitterness — n 1.(all usu. of taste) sourness, acidity, vinegariness, tartness, harshness, sharpness, acerbity. 2. resentment, grudge, animosity, hostility; indignation, pique, dudgeon; rancor, choler, anger, bile, spleen; gall, wormwood, gal! and wormwood. 3 …

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  • 60HERBS, MEDICINAL — In ancient times herbs were the main source of remedies. According to the book of jubilees (10:12), the angels revealed the various remedies to Noah, who wrote them down in a book. asaph the physician adds that Noah, having been taught by the… …

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