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Lit Vocab Unit 1
1st vocab set in Literature.
Term | Definition |
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Austere | Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour flavor |
Beneficent | Performing acts of charity; conferring benefits, doing good |
Cadaverous | Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
Concoct | To prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish), to devise, invent, fabricate |
Crass | Coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
Debase | to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
Desecrate | to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
Disconcert | to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
Grandiose | Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated. |
Inconsequential | Trifling, unimportant |
Infraction | A breaking of law or obligation |
Mitigate | To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity. |
Pillage | To rob of goods by open force; plunder. The act of looting. |
Prate | To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
Punctilious | Very careful and exact; attentive to the fine points of etiquette. |
Redoubtable | Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent |
Reprove | To find fault with, scold, rebuke |
Restitution | The act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage |
Stalwart | Strong with a sturdy, brave, resolute; a brave, strong, person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position. |
Vulnerable | Ope to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected |