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vocab 3 & 4
english 3
| 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 |
| impale | to pierce with a sharp take through the body |
| extenuate | to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses |
| parochial | narrow, limited |
| glower | to stare angrily |
| edify | improve someone morally |
| ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation |
| cataclysm | 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 |
| perfunctory | done with care; in a routine fashion |
| baroque | overly decorated |
| hedonism | pursuit of pleasure |
| obloquy | strong disapproval |
| debacle | a complete failure |
| quasi- | resembling; seeming half |
| besmirch | to make dirty; to stain |
| imperative | extremely necessary |
| sacrosanct | extremely holy |
| sadistic | deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others |
| demeanor | behavior |
| facetious | comical |