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english vocab 7
unit 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| severe or stern in manner, without adornment or luxury, simple plain, harsh or sour in flavor | austere |
| forbidding rigorous puritancal, ascetic, nadorned subdued-s | austere |
| performing acts of kindness or charity, conferring benefits, doing good | beneficent |
| pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse | cadaverous |
| to prepare by combining ingredients, make up(as a dish) to devise, invent, fabricate | concoct |
| coarse, unfeeling, stupid | crass |
| to lower in character, quality, or value, to degrade adulterate, to cause to deteriorate | debase |
| to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently, to contaminate pollute | desecrate |
| to confuse, to disturb the composure of | disconcert |
| grand in an impressive or stately way, marked by pompous affectatin or grandeur, abusrdly exaggerated | grandiose |
| trifling, unimportant | inconsequential |
| a breaking of the law or obligation | infraction |
| to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity | mitigate |
| to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion | prate |
| very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety | punctilious |
| inspiring fear or awe, illustrious, eminent | redoubtable |
| to find fault with, scold, rebuke | reprove |
| 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 | restitution |
| strong and sturdy, brave, resolute | stalwart |
| open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected | vulnerable |