vocab unit 7

Austere

(adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple
plain; harsh or sour flavor
Synonyms- forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned

Beneficent

(adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits,
doing good
Synonyms- humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

Cadaverous

(adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
Synonyms- corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

Concoct

(v) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish) to devise, invent, fabricate
Synonyms- create, fashion, rustle up

Crass

(adj) coarse, unfeeling; stupid
Synonyms-crude, tasteless, oafish, obtuse

Debase

(v) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate,
to cause to deteriorate.
Synonyms-cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

Desecrate

(v) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
Synonyms- profane, defile, violate

Disconcert

(v) to confuse; to disturb the composure of
Synonyms- upset, rattle, ruffle, faze

Grandiose

(adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation
or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
Synonyms-majestic, bombastic, highfalutin

Inconsequential

(adj) trifling, unimportant
Synonyms-trivial, negligible, paltry

Infraction

(n) a breaking of a law or obligation
Synonyms-violation, transgression, offense

Mitigate

(v) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
Synonyms-lessen, relieve, alleviate

Pillage

(v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war) plunder; (n) the act
of looting; booty
Synonyms-(v) ravage, sack, loot (n) booty

Prate

(v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
Synonyms-prattle, blab, palaver

Punctilious

(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette
Synonyms-precise, scrupulous

Redoubtable

(adj) inspiring fear of awe; illustrious, eminent
Synonyms- formidable, august

Reprove

(v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke
Synonyms- chastise, upbraid, reproach

Restitution

(n) the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful
owner or to a former state position; making good on a loss or damage
synonyms- reimbursement, redress, restoration

Stalwart

(adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute (n) a brave, strong person; a
strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
Synonyms- (adj)sturdy, stout, intrepid valiant (n) mainstay

Vulnerable

(adj) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
Synonyms- defenseless, unguarded