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Vocab 1.4
Term | Definition |
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celibate | abstaining from intercourse; unmarried |
fortuitous | happening by chance or accident synonyms: accidental; unexpected |
recapitulate | to summarize; to repeat briefly |
perfunctory | done without cate; in a routine fashion synonyms: indifferent; offhand |
baroque | overly decorated synonyms: ornate |
hedonism | pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses |
obloquy | strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism |
debacle | a complete failure; a total collapse synonyms: calamity; catastrophe |
quasi- | resembling; seeming; half |
besmirch | to make dirty; to stain synonyms: soil; sully; smear |
imperative | extremely necessary; vitally important |
sacrosanct | extremely holy synonyms: divine; angelic |
sadistic | deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others synonyms: barbarous; perverse |
demeanor | behavior; manner of conducting oneself synonyms: deportment |
facetious | comical; jocular; flippant synonyms: joking; witty; jocose |