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austere
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(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
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The old teacher was very austere, when sealing with the young children.
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beneficent
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(adj.) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
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The prospective college student performed man bebeficent acts to fulfill her quilifications.
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cadaverous
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(adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
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She was so pale and cadaverous that at the beach, she scared little children.
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concoct
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(vt.) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
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The evil halloween witch concocted a plan to kill the good witch.
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crass
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(adj.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid
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He felt crass after she corrected him.
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debase
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(vt.) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
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Her efforts to gentrify the house were spoiled when he dabased the house.
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desecrate
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(vt)to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
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They desecrated the tombstones on halloween night.
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disconcert
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(vt)to confuse; to disturb the composure of
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They also disconsorted the gate keeper by pretending to be ghosts.
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grandiose
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(adj) majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
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The grandiose mansion had a vast eerie old feel to it.
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inconsequential
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(adj)trifling, unimportant
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The facts were deemed inconsequential and thrown out of court.
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infraction
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(noun) a breaking of a law or obligation
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The minor infraction was wiped of of her driving record.
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mitigate
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(vt)to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
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She mitigated the effects of fan by taking off one panel.
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pillage
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(vt) to rob of goods by open force, plunder; the act of looting; booty
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The crazy children pillaged random houses after halloween night.
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prate
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(iv)to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
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She prated on and on about her stupid poodle and its haircut.
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punctilious
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(adj)very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
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The butler exuded nothing but the most puntillious behavior.
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redoubtable
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inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
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the ghoast was redoubtable.
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reprove
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to find fault with, scold, rebuke
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the mother relentlously repoved her doughters ideas.
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restitution
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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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restitution was paid to the peopel who suffered the most.
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stalwart
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strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
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Theorore Roosevelt was known as a stalwart.
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vulnerable
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open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
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the young girl was very vunerable in the middle of the woods at night.
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