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austere
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severe or stern in manner, without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor; mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant
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benefiecent
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performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good; humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
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cadaverous
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pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse; wasted, haggard, emaciated, gnastly
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concot
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to prepare by combining ingredients, make up, to 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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to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade; adulterate; to cause to deteriorate; cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
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desecrate
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to commit sacrilege upon; treat irreverently; to contamintate; pollute; profane; defile; violate
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disconcert
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to confuse; to disturb the composure of; upset, raffle, faze, perturb
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grandiose
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grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated; majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
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inconsequential
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trifling, unimportant; trivial; negligible; petty; paltry
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infraction
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a breaking of a 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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to rob of goods by open force; plunder; act of looting; booty; ravage; sack; loot;
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prate
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to talk a great deal in a foolish 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; scrupulous; exacting; fussy; finicky
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redoubtable
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inspiring fear or awe; illustriou; eminent; formidable; fearsome; awesome; august
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reprove
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to find fault with; scold; rebuke; chide; chastise; upbraid; reproach
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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; compensation; reimbursement; redress; restoration
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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; stout; intrepid; valiant; mainstay
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vulnerable
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open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged unprotected; defenseless; exposed; unguarded
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