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Level F unit 7
Question | Answer |
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austere | (adj.)severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain |
beneficent | (adj.)performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good |
cadaverous | (adj.)pale, corpse-like, gaunt |
concoct | (v.)to prepare by combining ingredients, make up, to devise, invent |
crass | (adj.) coarse, unfeeling, stupid |
debase | (v.)to lower in character, quality, or value, to degrade, to cause to deteriorate |
desecrate | (v.)to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
disconcert | (v.)to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
grandiose | (adj.)grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
inconsequential | (adj.)trifling, unimportant |
infraction | (n.)a breaking of a law or obligation |
mitigate | (v.)to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
pillage | (v.)to rob of goods by open force,plunder, (n.) the act of looting |
prate | (v.)to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless manner |
punctilious | (adj.)very careful and exact, attentive to details |
redoubtable | (adj.)inspiring fear or awe, awsome |
reprove | (v.)to find fault in, scold |
restitution | (n.)the act of returning something or someone to its rightful owner |
staltwart | (adj.)strong and sturdy, (n.)a strong and brave person |
vulnerable | (adj.)open for attack, capable of being wounded or damaged |