meretricious
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to a prostitute; having the nature of prostitution / (adjective) tawdrily and falsely attractive / (adjective) superficially significant; pretentious
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a forgotten poet who wrote bad, meretricious verse at some time
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5 months ago
a forgotten poet who wrote bad, meretricious verse at some time
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5 months ago
expiate
(en)
atone for (guilt or sin)
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So many sins from his past accumulated – so many, in fact, that it was impossible to shrug them off or expiate them now – that even to ask for pardon was ridiculous.
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5 months ago
So many sins from his past accumulated – so many, in fact, that it was impossible to shrug them off or expiate them now – that even to ask for pardon was ridiculous.
notable
5 months ago