Unit 7

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Beneficent

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Adj. performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

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Austere

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Adj. severe or stern in manner; w/o adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

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Cadaverous

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Adj. pale gaunt resembling a corpse

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Concoct

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V. To prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish) to devise, invent, fabricate

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Crass

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Adj. coarse , unfeeling, stupid

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Debase

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V to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate

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Desecrate

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V. To commit sacrilege, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

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Desist

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V to cease doing something, forbear

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Disconcert

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V. To confuse, to disturb the composure of

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Grandiose

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Adj. grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

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Inconsequential

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Adj. trifling unimportant

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Infraction

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N. a breaking of a law or obligation

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Mitigate

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V. To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

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Pillage

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V. To rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder: n the act of looting; booty

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Prate

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V to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

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Punctilious

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Adj. very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety

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Redoubtable

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Adj. inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

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Reprove

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V. To find fault with, scold, rebuke

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Stipend

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N. a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses

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Restitution

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N. a repayment for damage, return to a form or condition, to restore

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Stalwart

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Adj. strong and sturdy; brave; resolute

N a brave, strong person, a strong supporter. One who takes an uncompromising position

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Vulnerable

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Adj. open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged: unprotected

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Archipelago

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N. a group of scattered islands

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Homily

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N. a sermon, a moral lecture

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Meretricious

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Adj. showily attractive; based on pretense or insincerity