Only 46% of the world's cultures kiss romantically, according to a 2015 study.

Source: American Anthropologist

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Salacious

–

lustful; lecherous; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.

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Congeners

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things that are of the same kind or type.

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Flabbergasted

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shocked or greatly surprised.

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Probity

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the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.

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Reticence

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the quality of being reserved or uncommunicative.

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Costive

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constipated; also used metaphorically for being slow or sluggish.

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Chicanery

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the use of trickery to achieve a purpose.

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Unpropitious

–

unfavourable or not auspicious.

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Discompose

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to disturb the normal arrangement or order of something; to unsettle.

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Onerous

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involving great effort, difficulty, or expense.

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