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