English Vocabulary Unit 7

Front 1

austere

Back 1

severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

Front 2

beneficent

Back 2

performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

Front 3

cadaverous

Back 3

pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Front 4

concoct

Back 4

to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate

Front 5

crass

Back 5

coarse, unfeeling; stupid

Front 6

debase

Back 6

to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate

Front 7

desecrate

Back 7

to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

Front 8

disconcert

Back 8

to confuse; to disturb the composure of

Front 9

grandiose

Back 9

grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

Front 10

inconsequential

Back 10

trifling, unimportant

Front 11

infraction

Back 11

a breaking of a law or obligation

Front 12

mitigate

Back 12

to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

Front 13

pillage

Back 13

to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; the act of looting; booty

Front 14

prate

Back 14

to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

Front 15

punctilious

Back 15

very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety

Front 16

redoubtable

Back 16

inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

Front 17

reprove

Back 17

to find fault with, scold, rebuke

Front 18

restitution

Back 18

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

Front 19

stalwart

Back 19

strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

Front 20

vulnerable

Back 20

open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected