Unit 7 Vocab

Question 1

austere

Answer 1

without adornment or luxury

Question 2

beneficent

Answer 2

performing acts of kindness or charity

Question 3

cadaverous

Answer 3

pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Question 4

concoct

Answer 4

to make up, devise, invent, fabricate

Question 5

crass

Answer 5

coarse, unfeeling

Question 6

debase

Answer 6

to lower in character or quality

Question 7

desecrate

Answer 7

to contaminate, pollute

Question 8

disconcert

Answer 8

to confuse

Question 9

grandiose

Answer 9

grand in an impressive or stately way, absurdly exaggerated

Question 10

inconsequential

Answer 10

trifling, unimportant

Question 11

infraction

Answer 11

breaking a law of obligation

Question 12

mitigate

Answer 12

to make milder or softer

Question 13

pillage

Answer 13

to rob of goods by open force

Question 14

prate

Answer 14

to talk a great deal in a foolish fashion

Question 15

punctilious

Answer 15

attentive fine point of etiquette

Question 16

redoubtable

Answer 16

inspiring fear or awe, illustrious

Question 17

reprove

Answer 17

to find fault with, scold, rebuke

Question 18

restitution

Answer 18

the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner

Question 19

stalwart

Answer 19

strong and sturdy, brave, resolute

Question 20

vulnerable

Answer 20

open to attack