Vocabulary - Word Group 10

 Word Group : Carousal 


No
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


Vocabulary - Word Group 9

Word Group : Boring 

No
Word
Meaning
Sentence
1
Banal
So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
Songs with banal, repeated words
2
Fatuous
Silly and pointless
A fatuous comment
3
Hackneyed
(of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite
Hackneyed old sayings
4
Insipid
Lacking flavour; weak or tasteless
Mugs of insipid coffee
5
Mundane
1.     Lacking interest or excitement; dull
2.     Of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one
1.     His mundane, humdrum existence
2.     According to the Shinto doctrine, spirits of the dead can act upon the mundane world
6
Pedestrian
1.     A person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle
2.     Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull
1.     The road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it
2.     Disenchantment with their pedestrian lives
7
Prosaic
1.     Having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality
2.     Commonplace; unromantic
1.     Prosaic language can’t convey the experience
2.     The masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns
8
Quotidian
1.     Of or occurring every day; daily
2.     Denoting the malignant form of malaria
The car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic
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Trite
(of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse
This point may now seem obvious and trite