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   Ca·dav·er·ous

   /kəˈdav(ə)rəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony: "he had a cadaverous appearance"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin cadaverosus, from cadaver ‘corpse’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cadaverously adverb
   • 2. cadaverousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • C

     3

   • A

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   • D

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   • A

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   • V

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   • E

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   • R

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   • O

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   • U

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   • S

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