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Vocab L.3 and L.4

QuestionAnswer
pedestrian ordinary or dull
bona fide in good faith
adventitious accidental; nonessential
fecund fertile; productive
deviate to turn aside from a course; to stray
obfuscate to confuse; to bewilder
impale to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
extenuate to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses
parochial local; narrow; limited
glower to stare angrily
edify improve someone morally
ambiguous open to more than one interpretation
cataclysm a violent change
optimum best; most favorable; ideal
importune to ask persistently; to beg
celibate abstaining from intercourse; unmarried
fortuitous happening by chance or accident
racapitulate to summarize; to repeat briefly
perfunctory done without care; in a routine fashion
baroque overly decorated
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
quasi- resembling; seeming; half
besmirch to make dirty; to stain
imperative extremely necessary; vitally important
sacrosanct extremely holy
sadistic deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
demeanor behavior; manner of conducting oneself
facetious comical; jocular, flippant
Created by: paradise4
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