Vocabulary Unit 7 austere severe or stern in

Vocabulary Unit 7

austere • severe or stern in manner • without adornment • simple • plain • puritanical ---------------- • luxurious • flamboyant

beneficent • performing acts of kindness or charity • doing good • humanitarian • charitable ------------- • selfish • harmful

cadaverous • pale • gaunt • resembling a corpse • emaciated ---------------- • robust • the picture of health

concoct • to prepare by combining ingredients • to devise • to fabricate • to contrive • to create

crass • coarse • crude • tasteless • vulgar ------------- • refined • elegant

debase • to lower in character • to degrade • to cheapen • to demean -------------- • improve • enhance

desecrate • to commit sacrilege upon • defile • violate -------------- • to honor • to consecrate

disconcert • to confuse • to disturb the composure of • to upset, ruffle, or perturb ---------------- • to calm • to put at ease

grandiose • grand in an impressive or stately way • absurdly exaggerated • majestic ---------------- • simple • modest • humble

inconsequential • trifling • unimportant • trivial • negligible • paltry ---------------- • crucial • vital

infraction • a breaking of the law or obligation • violation • transgression • offense • breach

mitigate • to make milder • to moderate in force or intensity • to lessen • to diminish ---------------- • to aggravate • to intensify

pillage • to rob of goods by open force (as in war) • to plunder • the act of looting ---------------- • to ravage • loot

prate • to talk a good deal in foolish or aimless fashion • to chatter • to prattle • to blabber ---------------- • to come to the point

punctilious • very careful and exact • attentive to etiquette or propriety • precise • scrupulous ---------------- • careless • negligent • lax

redoubtable • inspiring fear and awe • eminent • formidable -------------- • laughable • contemptible

reprove • to find fault with • scold • rebuke • chastise • reproach ------------- • praise • commend

restitution • making good on a loss or damage • compensation • reimbursement • restoration

stalwart • strong, sturdy, brave • one who takes an uncompromising position • valiant --------------- • weak • vacillating

vulnerable • open to attack • unprotected • defenseless • exposed • unguarded ---------------- • invincible • protected • safe, secure