unit 7 vocab Flashcards
austere
severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
beneficient
performing acts of kindness of charity; conferring benefits, doing good
cadaverous
place, gaunt, resembling a corpse
concoct
to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
crass
coarse, unfeeling, stupid
debase
to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
desecrate
to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
disconcert
to confuse, to disturb the composure of
grandiose
grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
inconsequential
trifling, unimportant
infraction
a breaking of a law or obligation
mitigate
to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
pillage
(v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n) the act of looting; booty
prate
to talk with great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
punctilious
very careful and exact, attentive to find points of etiquette
redoubtable
inspiring fear of awe; illustrious, eminent
reprove
to find fault with, scold, rebuke
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 damge
stalwart
(adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
vulnerable
open to attack;capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
austere syns and ants
syns: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned
ants: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant
beneficient syns and ants
syns: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
ants: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious
cadaverous syns and ants
syns: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
ants: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health
concoct syns and ants
syns: create, fashion, rustle up
