unit 7 vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
What does ‘austere’ mean?
Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor.
-australians are stern
Synonyms: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned. Antonyms: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant.
What does ‘beneficent’ mean?
Performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good.
Synonyms: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable. Antonyms: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious.
What does ‘cadaverous’ mean?
Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse.
Synonyms: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly. Antonyms: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health.
What does ‘concoct’ mean?
To prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate.
Synonyms: create, fashion, rustle up.
What does ‘crass’ mean?
Coarse, unfeeling; stupid.
-grass is tasteless
Synonyms: crude, tasteless, oafish, obtuse. Antonyms: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant.
What does ‘debase’ mean?
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate.
-base in was is corrupt
Synonyms: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate. Antonyms: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance.
What does ‘desecrate’ mean?
To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute.
Synonyms: profane, defile, violate. Antonyms: revere, venerate, consecrate.
What does ‘disconcert’ mean?
To confuse; to disturb the composure of.
-conertsd confuse
Synonyms: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze. Antonyms: relax, calm, put at ease.
What does ‘grandiose’ mean?
Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated.
-grand entrance
Synonyms: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin. Antonyms: simple, modest, humble.
What does ‘inconsequential’ mean?
Trifling, unimportant.
Synonyms: trivial, negligible, paltry. Antonyms: important, essential, crucial.
What does ‘infraction’ mean?
A breaking of a law or obligation.
-fr
Synonyms: violation, transgression, offense.
What does ‘mitigate’ mean?
To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity.
-gates relive cars from going out
Synonyms: lessen, relieve, alleviate. Antonyms: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate.
What does ‘pillage’ mean?
To rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty.
-pills make prople loot
Synonyms: (v.) ravage, sack, loot; (n.) booty.
What does ‘prate’ mean?
To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion.
-pirates dont sit still and are aimlessness
Synonyms: prattle, blab, palaver. Antonym: come to the point.
What does ‘punctilious’ mean?
Very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety.
-punctuation is very exact
Synonyms: precise, scrupulous. Antonyms: careless, perfunctory.
What does ‘redoubtable’ mean?
Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent.
Synonyms: formidable, august. Antonyms: laughable, risible.
What does ‘reprove’ mean?
To find fault with, scold, rebuke.
Synonyms: chastise, upbraid, reproach. Antonyms: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back.
What does ‘restitution’ mean?
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.
Synonyms: reimbursement, redress, restoration.
What does ‘stalwart’ mean?
Strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n.) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position.
-warts are strudy
Synonyms: (adj.) sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; (n.) mainstay. Antonyms: (adj.) weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating.
What does ‘vulnerable’ mean?
Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected.
Synonyms: defenseless, unguarded. Antonyms: invincible, protected, safe, secure.
