For the Week ending 02/17/12
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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relating to or inclined toward love, especially sexual love; amorous
Very early marriage, should be avoided, because the nervous force expended in _______ indulgence is imperatively required in both sexes for developing the physical and mental faculties |
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abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried; abstinence from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows
They do not marry and their _______ is considered a great sign of faith, and represents an act of transcendence that brings the priest closer to God |
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a woman who cohabits with a man without being married to him (or as an "inferior wife"); a kept mistress; a paramour
She was his lawful wife; but, according to the style of the Hebrews, is called _______, because of her servile extraction. |
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to reside with another as if married or as a married couple; share living quarters
So, they tell their shocked parents, they have to pool mortgage money with girlfriends and _______. |
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of or relating to marriage or the relationship of spouses; connubial
Aflame with the idea of _______ bliss as a veritable religion, he tried to create a whole chapel full of paintings on the joys of married life." |