Unit 7

Question 1

Beneficent

Answer 1

(adj.) Characterized by charity and kindness

Question 2

Cadaverous

Answer 2

(adj.) Resembling a corpse

Question 3

Concoct

Answer 3

To prepare by combining ingredients; To invent or devise

Question 4

Crass

Answer 4

So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

Question 5

Debase

Answer 5

(v.) To lower in character, quality or value

Question 6

Desecrate

Answer 6

To violate the sacred character of; To commit sacrilege

Question 7

Desist

Answer 7

To cease from action; To stop doing something

Question 8

Disconcert

Answer 8

(v.) To cause to lose one’s composure

Question 9

Grandiose

Answer 9

Impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur

Question 10

Inconsequential

Answer 10

Lacking worth or importance

Question 11

Infraction

Answer 11

(n.) A breaking of a law or obligation

Question 12

Mitigate

Answer 12

(v.) To make milder, softer or more endurable

Question 13

Pillage

Answer 13

(n.) The act of robbing goods by force; Goods stolen by force in a time of war; (v.) To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war, to plunder

Question 14

Prate

Answer 14

(v.) To talk about aimlessly or foolishly

Question 15

Punctilious

Answer 15

(adj.) Strictly attentive to minute details of conduct or etiquette

Question 16

Redoubtable

Answer 16

Inspiring fear and awe

Question 17

Reprove

Answer 17

(v.) To voice or convey disapproval of; to scold

Question 18

Restitution

Answer 18

The act of restoring something to the rightful owner

Question 19

Stalwart

Answer 19

(n.) One who strongly supports an organization or party; (adj.) Having or marked by imposing physical strength

Question 20

Stipend

Answer 20

(n.) A sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose

Question 21

Vulnerable

Answer 21

(adj.) Susceptible to physical or emotional injury

Question 22

Austere

Answer 22

(adj.) Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; Harshly unadorned and simple