That's Some "Tude"
A natural ability, maybe for math
Aptitude
The first quarantine island to prevent the spread of disease was in this city's lagoon
Venice
Petsmart recommends these creatures, frozen, as the best diet for your snake
Mice
Sleepyheads' song
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Lullaby
A small spot on the skin, or a spy
Mole
It sounds lonely, but Thoreau said he thrived best on this, as exhibited at Walden Pond
Solitude
An outbreak of this disease during a military vets convention in Philadelphia in July 1976 killed dozens
Legionnaire's Disease
Rhino horns are sometimes humanely removed by activists to deter poachers who wish to create these potions named for a Greek love goddess`
Aphrodisiacs
Rent collector
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Landlord
"Sheepish" word meaning to force something into or through
Ram
The 13th Amendment outlaws slavery & involuntary this
Servitude
In 1963 Hoffmann-La Roche introduced this tranquilizer, one of the most-prescribed drugs of all time
Valium
Rhino horns are sometimes humanely removed by activists to deter poachers who wish to create these potions named for a Greek love goddess
De-clawing
Acrobat's garb
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Leotard
An embossed emblem
Seal
It's a measure of the brightness of a star or the size of an earthquake
Magnitude
In 1896 physician Pringle Morgan described this condition as "word blindness"
Dyslexia
Preserving the forest is the best way to care for this Asian arboreal ape that only gives birth every 8 years
Orangutan
RMN presidential predecessor
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LBJ
Nickname for someone from Oshkosh, or to harass or urge persistently
Badger
It's a dull or trite remark, or a meaningless cliche
Platitude
Isolated from the cortex of the adrenal gland, this steroid was introduced to ease the pain of arthritis in 1948
Cortisone
Test a prospective pup's temperament with a rollover test--this type of pet, from Latin for "send under", will happily comply
Submissive
Sliced & packaged turkey, salami or pastrami
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Lunchmeat
This bird becomes a verb when used to mean to gloat; you don't want to "eat it," though
Crow