Vocabulary - Word Group 10

 Word Group : Carousal 


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Word
Meaning
Sentence
1
Bacchanalian
Characterised by or given to drunken revelry
A bacchanalian orgy
2
Debauchery
Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol or drugs
In 2014, film board banned film Wolf of the wall street because of debauchery, hedonism and cursing.
3
Depraved
Morally corrupt
The city is depraved
4
Dissipated
(of a person or way of life) overindulgence in sensual pleasures
Dissipated behaviour
5
Iniquity
Immoral or grossly unfair behaviour
1.     Den of iniquity
2.     Iniquity of British taxation
6
Libertine
1.     A person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.
2.     A freethinker in matters of religion.
His image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth
7
Libidinous
Showing excessive sexual drive
Libidinous teenagers
8
Licentious
Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
The licentious avenues of New York City
9
Reprobate
1.     An unprincipled person
2.     (in Calvinism) a sinner who is not of the elect and is predestined to damnation
3.     Express or feel disapproval of
1.     He had to present himself as more of a lovable reprobate than a spirit of corruption
2.     His neighbours reprobated his method of proceeding
10
Ribald
Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way
A ribald comment
11
Salacious
Having conveying undue or indecent interest in sexual matters
Salacious stories
12
Sordid
1.     Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt
2.     Dirty or squalid
1.     The story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams
2.     The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading
13
Turpitude
Depraved or wicked behaviour or character
Acts of moral turpitude


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