Sexual Perversity in Chicago Glossary

by David Mamet

Sexual Perversity in Chicago Glossary

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Mendacious

Dishonest, untruthful

Fornication

Infidelity, adultery

Penance

Amends, atonement

Abstinence

Temperance, chastity

Spurious

Contrived, fictitious

Exonerate

Vindicate, absolve

Incumbent

Required, obligatory

Instigate

Launch, initiate

Mutinous

Insurgent, rebellious

Obfuscate

Make unclear, obscure

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