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Austere

Definition:


-Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh in sour in flavor.



Synonyms:


-Forbidding, rigorous, unadorned.



Antonyms:


-Mild, luxurious.

Beneficent

Definition:


-Performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good.



Synonyms:


-Charitable, humanitarian.



Antonyms:


-Selfish, cruel, harmful.

Cadaverous

Definition:


- Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse.



Synonyms:


- Corpselike, wasted, haggard.



Antonyms:


- Rosy, picture of health.

Concoct

Definition:


- To prepare by combining ingredients; devise, invent, fabricate.



Synonyms:


- Create, fashion, rustle up.

Crass

Definition:


- Coarse, unfeeling, stupid.



Synonyms:


- Crude, tasteless, obtuse.



Antonyms:


- Refined, elegant, tasteful.

Debase

Definition:


- Lower in character, quality or value; degrade, adulterate.



Synonyms:


- Cheapen, corrupt, deprecitate.



Antonyms:


- Elevate, uplift, improve.

Desecrate

Definition:


- Commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverntly; to pollute.



Synonyms:


- Violate, defile.



Antonyms:


- Revere, concecrate.

Disconcert

Definition:


- Confuse; disturb composure of.



Synonyms:


- Upset, rattle, ruffle, faze.



Antonyms:


- Relax, calm, put at ease.

Grandiose

Definition:


- Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection for grandeur.



Synonyms:


- Majestic, bombastic.



Antonyms:


- Simple, modest, humble.

Inconsequential

Definition:


- Trifling, unimportant.



Synonyms:


- Trivial, negligible, paltry.



Antonyms:


- Important, essential, crucial.

Mitigate

Definition:


- Make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity.



Synonyms:


- Lessen, relieve, alleviate.



Antonyms:


- Aggravate, intensify, irritate.

Infraction

Definition:


- Breaking of a law or obligation.



Synonyms:


- Violation, transgression, offense.

Pillage

Definition:


- Rob goods by open force (as in war), plunder; looting; booty.



Synonyms:


- Ravage, sack, loot, booty.

Prate

Definition:


- Tall a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion.



Synonyms:


- Prattle, blab, palaver.



Antonyms:


- Come to a point.

Punctilious

Definition:


- Very careful and exact; attentive to fine points of etiquette.



Synonyms:


- Precise, scrupulous.



Antonyms:


- Careless, perfunctory.

Redoubtable

Definition:


- Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent.



Synonyms:


- Formidable, august.



Antonyms:


- Laughable, risible.

Reprove

Definition:


- Find fault with, scold, rebuke.



Synonyms:


- Chastise, upbraid, reproach.



Antonyms:


- Praise, commend, laud, pat on the back.

Restitution

Definition:


- Restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position. Making good on a loss or damage.



Synonyms:


- Reimbursement, redress, restoration.

Stalwart

Definition:


- Strong and sturdy, brave, resolute. A brave, strong person.



Synonyms:


- Sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant.



Antonyms:


- Weak, infirm.

Vulnerable

Definition:


- Open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged.



Synonyms:


- Defenseless, unguarded.



Antonyms:


- Invincible, protected, safe, secure.