vocab lesson 4

English three honors vocab

15 cards·by chlosandrws

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celibate

abstaining from intercourse, synonym; chaste, antonym; promiscious

fortuitous

happening by chance or accident, synonym; fluky, antonym; planned

recapitulate

to summarize; to repeat briefly, synonym; paraphrased, antonym; take back

perfunctory

done without care; in a routine fashion, synonym; careless, antonym; precise

baroque

overly decorated, synonym; bizarre, antonym; plain/showy

hedonism

pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses, synonym; joy, antonym; dissatisfaction

obloquy

strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism, synonym; criticize, antonym; approve

debacle

a complete failure; a total collapse, synonym;break down, antonym; miracle

quasi-

resembling; seeming; half, synonym; mock, antonym; entire

besmirch

to make dirty; stain, synonym; stain, antonym; clean

imperative

extremely necessary; vitally important, synonym; crucial, antonym; inessential

sacrosanct

extremely holy; synonym; blessed, antonym; scrilagious

sadistic

deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others, synonym; brutal, antonym; humane

demeanor

behavior; manner of conducting oneself, synonym; manner

facetious

comical; jocular; flippant, synonym; laughable, antonym; formal