Vocab Unit 7

Front 1

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

Back 1

austere

Front 2

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

Back 2

beneficent

Front 3

adj. pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Back 3

cadaverous

Front 4

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

Back 4

concoct

Front 5

adj. coarse, unfeeling; stupid

Back 5

crass

Front 6

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

Back 6

debase

Front 7

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

Back 7

desecrate

Front 8

v. to confuse; to disturb to composure of

Back 8

disconcert

Front 9

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

Back 9

grandiose

Front 10

adj. trifling, unimportant

Back 10

inconsequential

Front 11

n. a breaking of a law or obligation

Back 11

infraction

Front 12

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

Back 12

mitigate

Front 13

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

Back 13

pillage

Front 14

v. to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

Back 14

prate

Front 15

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

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punctilious

Front 16

adj. inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

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redoubtable

Front 17

v. to find fault with, scold, rebuke

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reprove

Front 18

n. 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

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

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stalwart

Front 20

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

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vulnerable