Vocabulary Level F Unit 7
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Daviddan10 on January 4, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 austere | severe or stern in manner; w.o adornment or luxury, simple, plain; forbidding |
| beneficent | performing acts of kindness or charity; doing good; humanitarian |
| cadaverous | pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse; wasted; haggard |
| concoct | to prepare by combining ingredients, to devise, fabricate, invent |
| crass | coarse, unfeeling; stupid, crude, vulgar |
| debase | to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, cheapen |
| desecrate | to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute, profane |
| disconcert | to confuse; to disturb the composure of, upset |
| grandiose | grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
| inconsequential | trifling, unimportant, trivial, negligible |
| infraction | a breaking of a law or obligation, violation |
| mitigate | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity, lessen |
| pillage | (v.) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty |
| prate | to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion, prattle |
| punctilous | very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety |
| redoubtable | inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent; formidable, fearsome |
| reprove | to find fault with, scold, rebuke, chide |
| restitution | the act of restoring someone/thing to the rightful owner/former state; making good on a loss; compensation |
| stalwart | (adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute (n.) brave person, mainstay |
| vulnerable | open to attack; capable of being wounded |
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