Unit 7 Vocabulary Workbook Flashcards
(20 cards)
Austere
Severe or stern in manner; without luxury; simple, plain
Beneficent
Performing acts of kindness or charity
Cadaverous
pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
Concoct
To prepare by combining ingredients; to invent
Crass
course, stupid
Debase
to degrade or lower in value/character
Desecrate
to contaminate
Disconcert
to confuse
grandiose
grand; marked by pompous affectation
inconsequential
trifling or unimportant
infraction
a breaking of a law or obligation
mitigate
to lighten the blow, to make milder or softer
pillage
to rob of goods; to loot
prate
to talk alot without aim
punctilious
to be very careful and exact
redoubtable
inspiring fear or awe; eminent
reprove
to find fault with
restitution
the act of restoring
stalwart
strong and sturdy; brave; one who takes an uncompromising position
vulnerable
open to attack or damage
