Vocabulary Unit 7

austere -------------------------------- severe or stern in manner without adornment simple plain Puritanical Ascetic unadorned -------------------------------- luxurious Flamboyant Indulgent

beneficent Performing acts of kindness or charity Humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable ---------------------------- Selfish, cruel, deleterious

cadaverous pale gaunt resembling a corpse Emaciated ghastly -------------------------------- robust the picture of health Portly rosy

concoct to prepare by combining ingredients to devise to fabricate to contrive to create To rustle up To fashion

crass Course, unfeeling Stupid Crude, tasteless, oafish, obtuse ---------------------------- Refined, elegant, tasteful, brilliant, polished

debase Lower in character, quality, or value; degrade, adulterate, cause to deteriorate Cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate ---------------------------- Elevate, uplift, improve, enhance

desecrate to commit sacrilege upon To contaminate To pollute defile violate ---------------------------- To revere To venerate to consecrate

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

grandiose grand in an impressive or stately way absurdly exaggerated Majestic Bombastic highfalutin -------------------------------- simple modest humble

inconsequential trifling unimportant trivial negligible paltry -------------------------------- crucial Important essential

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

mitigate to make milder to moderate in force or intensity to lessen, relieve, alleviate -------------------------------- to aggravate to intensify To exacerbate

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

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

punctilious very careful and exact attentive to etiquette or propriety precise scrupulous -------------------------------- careless perfunctory

Redoubtable Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent Formidable, august ---------------------------- Laughable, risible

Reprove To find fault with, scold, rebuke Chastise, upbraid, reproach ---------------------------- Praise, commend, laud

restitution making good on a loss or damage redress reimbursement restoration

stalwart strong, sturdy; brave; resolute one who takes an uncompromising position Valiant, intrepid mainstay ------------------------------ Weak, infirm vacillating

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