sacrilegious \sak-ri-LIJ-uhs\ (adjective) - Violating what is considered sacred.
"After enjoying his regular morning donut, newly promoted supervisor Mervyn decided to have another, a heretofore sacrilegious activity which elicited gasps from everyone in the vicinity."
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus (one who steals sacred thing), from scar, from sacer (sacred) + -legere (to gather, steal).
 
compunction \kuhm-PUHNK-shuhn\ (noun) - 1 : Anxiety or deep unease proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain. 2 : A sting of conscience or a twinge of uneasiness; a qualm; a scruple.
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punctilio \punk-TIL-ee-oh\ (noun) - 1 : A fine point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or procedure. 2 : Strictness or exactness in the observance of formalities; as, "the punctilios of a public ceremony."
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satiety \suh-TY-uh-tee\ (noun) - The state of being full or gratified to or beyond the point of satisfaction.
"His hungry eyes looked with a hitherto unknown, amazed satiety. More than that: here hunger was satiety and ...Read More
apogee \AP-uh-jee\ (noun) - 1 : The point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth. 2 : The farthest or highest point; culmination.
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vivify \VIV-uh-fy\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To endue with life; to make alive; to animate. 2 : To make more lively or intense.
"Words realize nothing, vivify nothing to you, unless you have suffered in your own person the ...Read More
voluptuary \vuh-LUHP-choo-er-ee\ (noun) - A person devoted to luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites; a sensualist.
(adjective) - Voluptuous; luxurious.
"The hackneyed voluptuary is like the jaded epicure, the...Read More
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