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