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Vocab Lesson 4 (Synonyms)
AP Language & Comp (Hiatt)
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English
11th Grade
01/13/2008
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celibate
 Definition
abstaining from intercourse; unmarried
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fortuitous
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accidental; unexpected
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recapitulate
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to summarize;to repeat briefly
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perfunctory
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indifferent; offhand
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baroque
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ornate; overly decorated
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hedonism
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pursuit of pleasure
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obloquy
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censure, rebuke; a strong disapproval
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debacle
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calamity; catastrophe; failure
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quasi-
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resembling; seeming; half
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besmirch
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to mark dirty; soil; sully; smear
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imperative
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extremely necessary
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sacrosanct
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extremely holy, divine, angelic
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sadistic
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barbarous, perverse, deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
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demeanor
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behavior, deportment
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facetious
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comical; jocular; flippant; joking; jocose; witty
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