Word Group : Carousal
No
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Word
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Meaning
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Sentence
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1
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Bacchanalian
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Characterised by or given to
drunken revelry
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A bacchanalian orgy
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2
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Debauchery
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Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol or drugs
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In 2014, film board banned film Wolf of the wall street because of debauchery, hedonism and cursing.
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3
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Depraved
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Morally corrupt
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The city is depraved
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4
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Dissipated
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(of a person or way of life) overindulgence in sensual
pleasures
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Dissipated behaviour
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5
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Iniquity
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Immoral or grossly unfair
behaviour
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1. Den
of iniquity
2. Iniquity
of British taxation
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6
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Libertine
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1.
A person, especially a man, who freely
indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.
2.
A freethinker in matters of religion.
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His image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth
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7
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Libidinous
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Showing excessive sexual drive
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Libidinous teenagers
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8
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Licentious
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Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
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The licentious avenues of New York City
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9
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Reprobate
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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
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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
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10
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Ribald
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Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or
irreverent way
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A ribald comment
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11
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Salacious
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Having conveying undue or indecent
interest in sexual matters
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Salacious stories
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12
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Sordid
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1.
Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and
motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt
2.
Dirty or squalid
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1.
The story paints a sordid picture of bribes
and scams
2.
The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid
and degrading
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13
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Turpitude
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Depraved or wicked behaviour or
character
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Acts of moral turpitude
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