SAT Vocabulary Ascetic

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	ascetic Definition: one who practices extreme self-denial Synonym: austere
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	External definitions: as·cet·ic ( -s t k) n. A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion. adj. 1. Leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement. See Synonyms at . 2. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic; self-denying and austere: an ascetic existence. [Late Greek `ask tikos`, from Greek `ask t s`, practitioner, hermit, monk , from `askein`, to work ]. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. as·cet i·cal·ly adv.