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Forbiddenness

adj.

illicit

Meaning: forbidden, not permitted

Usage: The fourth-grader learned many illicit words from a pamphlet that was being passed around school.

adj.

incorrigible

Meaning: incapable of correction, delinquent

Usage: Even after several warnings, the incorrigible student kept interrupting the class.

adj.

insidious

Meaning: appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive

Usage: Lisa’s insidious chocolate cake tastes so good but makes you feel so sick later on!

adj.

licentious

Meaning: displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints

Usage: The licentious ruler ignored every law meant to restrain his behavior.

adj.

flagrant

Meaning: offensive, egregious

Usage: The judge’s decision to set the man free simply because that man was his brother was a flagrant abuse of power.