Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Level F - Unit 7
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Terms | Definitions |
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 austere | (adj.)severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple plain; harsh or sour: syn. forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued |
| beneficent | (adj.)performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good: syn. humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable |
| cadaverous | (adj.)pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse: syn. corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly |
| concoct | (v.)to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as dish); to devise, invent, fabricate: syn. create, fashion, rustle up |
| crass | (adj.)coarse, unfeeling; stupid: syn. crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse |
| debase | (v.)to lower in character, quality or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate: syn. cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate |
| desecrate | (v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute: syn. profane, defile, violate |
| disconcert | (v.)to confuse; to disturb the composure of: syn. upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb |
| grandiose | (adj.)grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated: syn. majestic, bombastic, highfalutin |
| inconsequential | (adj.)trifling, unimportant: syn. trivial, negligible, petty, paltry |
| infraction | (n.)a breaking of a law or obligation: syn. violation, transgression, breach, offense |
| mitigate | (v.)to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity: syn. lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish |
| pillage | (v.)to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty syn. (v.) ravage, sack, loot; (n.) booty |
| prate | (v.) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion: syn. chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver |
| punctilious | (adj.) very careful and extract, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety: (precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky |
| redoubtable | (adj.) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminet: syn. formidable, fearsome, awesome, august |
| reprove | (v.) to find fault with, scold, rebuke: syn. chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach |
| restitution | (n.) the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; makin good on a loss or damage syn. compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration |
| stalwart | (adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n.) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position: syn. (adj.) sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; (n.) mainstay |
| vulnerable | (adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected: syn: defenseless, exposed, unguarded |
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