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15 Cards in this Set
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Austere
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severe or stern in manner; without adronment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
forbidding rigourous puritanical ascetic unadorned subdued |
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beneficent
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preforming acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits doing good
humanitarian magnanimous charitable |
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cadaverous
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pale gaunt resembling corpse
wadted haggard emaciated ghastly |
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concoct
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prepare combining ingredients, make up (as dish); devise invent fabricate
create fashion rustle up |
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crass
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coarse unfeeling stupid
crude vulgar tasteless oafish obtuse |
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debase
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lower in character quality or value to degrade adulterate cause deteriorate
cheapen corrupt demean depreciate |
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desecrate
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commit sacrilege upon treat irreverently to contaminate pollute
profane defile violate |
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disconcert
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to confuse to disturb composure of
upset rattle ruffle faze perturb |
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grandiose
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graand in an impressive stately way - marked pompous affectation or gradnuear absurdly exaggerated
majestic bombastic highfalutin |
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inconsequential
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trifiling unimportant
trivial negligible petty paltry |
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infraction
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breaking of law or obligation
violation transgression breach offense |
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mitigate
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to make milder or softer to moderate in force or intensity
lessen relieve alleviate diminish |
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pillage
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rob of goods by open force (as in war) plunder the act of looting booty
ravage sack loot booty |
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prate
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talk great deal flooish or aimless fashion
chatter prattle blab blabber palaver |
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punctillious
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very careful and exact attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
precise scrupulousexacting fussy finicky |
