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Vocab WK 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inconsequential | (ADJ.) trifiling, unimportant |
| inconsequential(SYN)` | (SYN) trivial, negligible, petty, paltry |
| crass | (ADJ.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
| crass(SYN) | (SYN) crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse |
| concoct | (V) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate |
| concoct (SYN) | (SYN)create, fashion, rustle up |
| grandiose | (ADJ.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or granduer, absurdly exaggerated |
| grandiose(SYN) | (SYN)pompous, hoity-toity, overblown |
| disconcert | (V) to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
| disconcert(SYN) | (SYN)upset, rattle, ruffle, faze |
| cadaverous | (ADJ.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
| desecrate | (V) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
| desecrate(SYN) | (SYN)profable, defile, violate |
| beneficent | (ADJ.) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good |
| beneficent(SYN) | (SYN)humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable |
| austere | (ADJ.)Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor |
| austere (SYN) | (SYN)forbidding, rigorous, puritancial, ascetic, unadorned, subdued |
| debase | (V) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
| debase(SYN) | (SYN)cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate |