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Vocab Def
Unit 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| severe or stern in manner | austere, adj |
| w/o adornment or luxury | austere, adj |
| simple, plain | austere, adj |
| harsh or sour in flavor | austere, adj |
| performing acts of kindness or charity | beneficent, adj |
| conferring benefits | beneficent, adj |
| doing good | beneficent, adj |
| pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse | cadaverous, adj |
| to prepare by combining ingredients | concoct, v |
| make up (as a dish) | concoct, v |
| to devise, invent, fabricate | concoct, v |
| coarse, unfeeling, stupid | crass, adj |
| to lower in character, quality, or value | debase, v |
| to degrade, adulterate | debase, v |
| to cause to deteriorate | debase, v |
| to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently | desecrate, v |
| to contaminate, pollute | desecrate, v |
| to confuse | disconcert, v |
| to desturb the composure of | disconcert, v |
| grand in an impressive or stately way | grandiose, adj |
| marked by pompous affectation or grandeur | grandiose, adj |
| absurdly exaggerated | grandiose, adj |
| trifling, unimportant | inconsequential, adj |
| a breaking of a law or obligation | infraction, n |
| to make milder or softer | mitigate, v |
| to moderate in force or intensity | mitigate, v |
| to rob of goods by open force (as in war) | pillage, v |
| plunder | pillage, v |
| to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion | prate, v |
| very careful adn exact | punctilious, adj |
| attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety | punctilious |
| inspiring fear or awe | redoubtable, adj |
| illustrious, eminent | redoubtable, adj |
| to find fault with, scold, rebuke | reprove, v |
| to act of restoring someon or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position | restitution, n |
| making good on a loss or damage | restitution, n |
| strong and sturdy | stalwart, adj |
| brave | stalwart, adj |
| resolute | stalwart, adj |
| open to attack | vulnerable, adj |
| capable of being wounded or damaged | vulnerable, adj |
| unprotected | vulnerable, adj |