fiske word power chapter 9, 10
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- elegiac
- feeling sad because of loss
- epicurean
- having a very discriminating taste in food and wine
- squander
- to waste
- denounce
- to condemn openly
- disenfranchise
- to lose the right to vote
- gourmand
- glutton
- dissipation
- scattering or dispersing; scattering one's energy through trivial pleasures
- voracious
- excessively hungry or greedy
- savor
- to taste or smell with enthusiasm
- succulent
- juicy
- gourmet
- expert of fine food and drink
- privation
- state of being deprived of basic necessities or comforts
- renounce
- to give up something
- gluttony
- excessive eating or drinking
- forfeiture
- giving up something as a penalty
- omnivorous
- eating animal and vegetable, or anything available
- savory
- appetizing to taste; salty or spicy
- divest
- to get rid of
- gastronomy
- the art or science of good eating; particular, regional cooking style
- palatable
- acceptable to taste
- bereave
- to leave desolate, usually by death
- culinary
- relating to cooking or the kitchen
- denude
- to lose leaves (plants)