Unit 7 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Performing acts of kindness of charity; conferring benefits, doing good
Beneficent
Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor.
Austere
Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
Cadaverous
To prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
Concoct
Coarse, unfeeling; stupid
Crass
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate.
Debase
To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
Desecrate
To confuse; to disturb the composure of
Disconcert
Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
Grandiose
Trifling, unimportant
Inconsequential
A breaking of a law or obligation
Infraction
To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
Mitigate
To rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; the act of looting; booty
Pillage
To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
Prate
Very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
Punctilious
Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
Redoubtable
To find fault with, scold, rebuke
Reprove
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
Restitution
Strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
Stalwart
Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
Vulnerable
