Sadlier-Oxford Level F Unit 7

Front 1

austere

Back 1

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

forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, enadorned, subdued

mild, indulgent, luxorious, flamboyant

Front 2

beneficent

Back 2

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

humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

Front 3

cadaverous

Back 3

pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health

Front 4

concoct

Back 4

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

create, fashion, rustle up

Front 5

crass

Back 5

coarse, unfeeling, stupid

crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse

refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brillant

Front 6

desecrate

Back 6

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

profane, defile, violate

revere, honor, venerate, consecrate

Front 7

disconcert

Back 7

to confuse; to disturb the composure of

upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb

relax, calm, put at ease

Front 8

grandiose

Back 8

grnad in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

majestic, bombastic, highfalutin

simple, modest, unaffected, humble

Front 9

inconsequential

Back 9

trifling, unimportant

trivial, negligible, petty, paltry

important, essential, crucial, vital

Front 10

infraction

Back 10

a breaking of a law or obligation

violation, transgression, breach, offense

Front 11

mitigate

Back 11

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

lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish

aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate

Front 12

pillage

Back 12

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

ravage, sack, loot, booty

Front 13

prate

Back 13

to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver

come to the point, not waste words

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punctilious

Back 14

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

precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky

careless, negligwnt, lax, perfunctory

Front 15

redoubtable

Back 15

inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

formidable, fearsome, awesome, august

laughable, risible, contemptible

Front 16

reprove

Back 16

to find fault wiht, scold, rebuke

chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach

praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

Front 17

restitution

Back 17

the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on loss or damage

compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration

Front 18

stalwart

Back 18

strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes sn uncomprimising position

sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant, mainstay

weak, infirm, irresolute, vacilating

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vulnerable

Back 19

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

defensless, exposed, unguarded

invincible, protected, safe, secure

Front 20

debase

Back 20

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

cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

elevate, uplift, improve, enhance