Lesson Four Flashcards by lauren kozik

Q

Fortuitous

A

Happening by chance or accident

Accidental
Unexpected

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Celibate

A

Abstaining from intercourse

Unmarried

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Recapitulate

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To summarize

To repeat briefly

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Perfunctory

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Done without care

In a routine fashion

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Baroque

A

Overly decorated

Ornate

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Hedonism

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Per suit of pleasure, especially of the senses

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Obloquy

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Strong disapproval
A bad reputation resulting from public criticism

Censure
Rebuke

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Debacle

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A complete failure
A total collapse

Calamity
Catastrophe

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Quasi

A

Resembling
Seeming
Half

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Besmirch

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To make dirty

To stain

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Imperative

A

Extremely necessary
Vitally important

Divine
Angelic

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Sadistic

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Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others

Barbarous
Perverse

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Demeanor

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Behavior
Manner if conducting oneself

Deportment

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Facetious

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Comical
Jocular
Flippant

Joking
Witty
Jocose

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