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Lesson3-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 lesson 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 |
| Recapitulate | 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 |