| A | B |
|---|
| facetious | comical; jocular; flippant |
| besmirch | to make dirty; to stain |
| demeanor | behavior; manner of conducting oneself |
| imperative | extremely necessary; vitally important |
| sacrosanct | extremely holy |
| sadistic | deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others |
| celibate | abstaining from you know what; unmarried |
| quasi | resembling; seeming; half |
| fortuitous | happening by chance or accident |
| debacle | a complete failure; a total collapse |
| recapitulate | to summarize; to repeat briefly |
| obloquy | strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism |
| perfunctory | done without care; in a routine fashion |
| hedonism | pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses |
| baroque | overly decorated |
