1. Vocabulary Unit 7

2. austere severe or stern in manner without adornment simple plain
puritanical
luxurious
flamboyant

3. beneficent performing acts of kindness or charity doing good
humanitarian
charitable
selfish
harmful

4. cadaverous pale gaunt resembling a corpse emaciated
robust
the picture of health

5. concoct to prepare by combining ingredients to devise to fabricate
to contrive
to create

6. crass coarse crude tasteless vulgar -------------------------- refined
elegant

7. debase to lower in character to degrade to cheapen to demean
improve
enhance

8. desecrate to commit sacrilege upon defile violate
to honor
to consecrate

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

10. grandiose grand in an impressive or stately way absurdly exaggerated
majestic
simple
modest
humble

11. inconsequential trifling unimportant trivial negligible paltry
crucial
vital

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

13. mitigate to make milder to moderate in force or intensity to lessen
to diminish
to aggravate
to intensify

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

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

16. punctilious very careful and exact attentive to etiquette or propriety
precise
scrupulous
careless
negligent
lax

17. redoubtable inspiring fear and awe eminent formidable
laughable
contemptible

18. reprove to find fault with scold rebuke chastise reproach
praise
commend

19. restitution making good on a loss or damage compensation reimbursement
restoration

20. stalwart strong, sturdy, brave
one who takes an uncompromising position
valiant
weak
vacillating

21. vulnerable open to attack unprotected defenseless exposed unguarded
invincible
protected
safe, secure