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When something is aberrant, it is unusual, not socially acceptable, or a departure from the norm.
When you perform your ablutions, you wash yourself; this can be part of a religious ceremony as well.
If you adulterate something, you lessen its quality by adding inferior ingredients or elements to it.
If you besmirch someone, you spoil their good reputation by saying bad things about them, usually things that you know are not true.
Something brackish is distasteful and unpleasant usually because something else is mixed in with it; brackish water, for instance, is a mixture of fresh and salt water and cannot be drunk.
If someone shows consummate skill at doing something, that person’s skill is very great or almost perfect in every way.
A man who is dapper has a very neat and clean appearance; he is both fashionable and stylish.
A man who is debonair is sophisticated, charming, friendly, and confident.
When you debunk someone’s statement, you show that it is false, thereby exposing the truth of the matter.
A decadent person has low moral standards and is more interested in pleasure than serious matters.
Decrepitude is the state of being very old, worn out, or very ill; therefore, something or someone is no longer in good physical condition or good health.
To defile something holy or important is to do something to it or say something about it that is highly offensive to others.
Something, such as a building, is derelict if it is empty, not used, and in bad condition or disrepair.
If you desecrate something that is considered holy or very special, you deliberately spoil or damage it.
If you describe a person, group, or civilization as effete, you mean it is weak, exhausted, powerless, unproductive, and/or corrupt.
Errant things or people behave in a way that is unacceptable or wrong, such as a missile that travels in the wrong direction or a student who does not follow classroom rules.
Erratic behavior is irregular, unpredictable, and unusual.
If a statement is erroneous, it is incorrect or in error.
A fallacy is an idea or belief that is false.
Someone who is fastidious cares excessively about small details and wants to keep everything correct, tidy, very clean, and in perfect order.
If you describe someone’s appearance or behavior as impeccable, you mean that it is perfect and therefore impossible to criticize.
If something is infallible, it is never wrong and so is incapable of making mistakes.
An irreproachable person is very honest and so morally upright that their behavior cannot be criticized.
Someone is considered meticulous when they act with careful attention to detail.
Something that is pristine has not lost any of its original perfection or purity.
A slovenly person is untidy or messy.
An environment or character can be sordid—the former dirty, the latter low or base in an immoral or greedy sort of way.
The word squalor describes very dirty and unpleasant conditions that people live or work in, usually due to poverty or neglect.
To taint is to give an undesirable quality that damages a person’s reputation or otherwise spoils something.
Something that is turbid, such as water, is muddy or cloudy because it has lots of small pieces of matter or dirt in it.
Something that is unsullied is unstained and clean.
If someone vitiates something, they make it less effective, weaker, or reduced in quality.
Adj.
immaculate
ih-MAK-yuh-lit
Context
Alexis was absolutely convinced that she had to take her tests on an immaculate or perfectly clean desk, so she always cleaned hers at school before she took it. She did such a thorough job that each and every time she made the desk immaculate or spotless. And, like magic, she always did an immaculate job on those tests, never missing a single point.
Quiz:Try again!
If you have an immaculate house, what is it like?
It is so clean that you could eat off the floors.
It is designed in an unusual way so that it stands out.
The Immaculate Collection Madonna's immaculate album is among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest American Albums of All Time.
Examples
The house was immaculate, as always, not a stray hair anywhere, not a flake of dandruff or a crumpled towel. Even the roses on the dining-room table held their breath. A kind of airless cleanliness that always made me want to sneeze.
— Sandra Cisneros, American writer
Part of what keeps even the most heavily-trafficked rail cars in immaculate condition is the general aversion to eating while on trains. While drinking is generally acceptable, even on relatively empty cars it is considered poor form to eat aboard trains and snacking is best confined to station platforms.
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The New York Times
The wall’s design reveals the immaculate planning that went into its construction. Along its entire length there is very little variation: it remains 10 meters wide and 3 meters tall for over a hundred miles.
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Discover Magazine
Argentine great Messi announced Friday that, despite having told the club he wanted to leave, he would see out the last season on his contract. . . . While fans are divided over whether to blame the player or club executives for the pending separation, Messi’s immaculate reputation in the Spanish city has undoubtedly taken a knock.
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The Washington Post
An immaculate object “possesses the quality of not (being) stained or spotted.”
Word Theater
Pearl's Pearl of a Garden The inspiring story of self-taught greenery artist Pearl Fryar and his immaculate garden.
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