Cadaverous

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Cadaverous:

• Extremely thin like a corpse
• Deathly pale

It is derived from Latin Cadere meaning to fall and die. Cadere is the root for Cadence as well as Accident. Can you figure out the connect?

Words that maybe used synonymously to Cadaverous are:

• Lean
• Skeletal
• Haggard
• Gaunt

Situational Uses:

• The vet put immense effort to save the cadaverous dog and was successful too.
• Cadaverous looking babies may be malnourished or anemic.

NOTE: Pronunciations shall resume from the next week according to the feedback we receive by 9th of May 2009.

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