Vocab 7-9 Review

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

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Austere, Adj. Austere'

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

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Beneficent, adj. benif'icent

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pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

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Cadaverous, Adj. cadav'erous

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

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Concoct, v. concoct'

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coarse, unfeeling; stupid

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Crass, adj. kras

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

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Debase. v. debase'

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

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Desecrate, v. des'ecrate

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to convuse; to disturb the composure of

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Disconcert, v. disconcert'

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

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Grandiose, adj. gran'diose

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trifiling, unimportant

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Inconsequential, adj. inconsequen'tial

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a breaking of a law or obligation

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infraction, n. infract'ion

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

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mitigate, v. mit'igate

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

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pillage, v. pill'age

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to talk a great dea in a foolish or aimless fashion

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prate, v. prate

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

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puncilious, adj. punctil'ious

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inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

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redoubtable, adj. redoub'table

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to find fault with, scold, rebuke

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Reprove, v. reprove'

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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, n. restitu'tion

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strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n) a brave, strong personl a strong supporterl one who takes an uncompromising position

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stalwart, adj./n. stal'wart

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

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Vulnerable, adj. vul'nerable

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stinging, bitter in temper or tone

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acrimonious, adj. acrimo'nious

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resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

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bovine, adj. bo'vine

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dismay, confusion

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Consternation, n. consterna'tion

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fat; having a large bulky body

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corpulant, adj. cor'pulent

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to deny responsibility for or connection with

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disavow, v. disavow'

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imartial; calm, free from emotion

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dispassionate, adj. dispass'ionate

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disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

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dissension, n. dissen'sion

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to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispell; to spend foolishly, squanderl to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

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dissipate, v. diss'ipate

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to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

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expurgate, v. ex'purgate

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an armored or protective glove; a challengel two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run bween them; an ordeal

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gauntlet n. gaunt'let

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based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation.

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hypothetical, adj. hypothet'ical

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mean, low, base

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ignoble, adj. igno'ble

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to call into question; to attack as false

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impugn, v. impugn'

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immoderate, lacking in self0control; inclement

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intemperment, adj. intem'perment

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hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

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odium, n. o'dium

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faithlessness, treachery

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perfidy, n. per'fidy

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to place in a lower position; to assign, refer,turn over; to banish

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relegate, v. rel'egate

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inclined to nauseal easily shocked or upset; excessively rastidious or refined

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squamish adj. sque;amish

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suboardinate in capacity or role; submissively oedient; sering to promote some end

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subservient adj. subser'vient

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open to; easily inluenced; lacking in resistance

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susceptible adj. suscep'tible

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to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify to deduct, omit

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abate v. abate'

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praise or flattery that is excessive

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adulation n adula;tion

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an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (often used adjectivally without the article)

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anethema n aneth'ema

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schrewd, crafty, showing pracical wisdom

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astute adj. astute'

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a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

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avarice n av'arice

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deserving blame, worthy of condemnation

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culpable, adj. cul'pable

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tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone

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dilatory adj. dil'atory

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conspicuous, standing out from the mass (particularly in an unfavorable sense)

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egregious adj. egreg'ious

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to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

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equivocate v. equiv'ocate

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vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy

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evanescent adj. evanes'cent

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unable to make up one's mind, hesitating

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irresolute adj. irres'olute

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cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, comnfused, indistinct

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nebulous adj. neb'ulous

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one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience (aso used adjectially)

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novice n. nov'ice

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extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency

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penury n. pen'ury

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done for show, striving ot make a big impression; claming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious

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pretetious adj. preten'tious

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to review a series of facts; to sum up

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recapitulate v recapit'ulate

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to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence

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resuscitate v. resus'citate

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untidy, dirty, careless

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slovenly adj. slov'enly

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something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

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supposition n supposit'ion

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inactive, sluggish, dull

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torpid adj. tor'pid