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1st vocab set in Literature.

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