Level F Unit 7 Flashcards
beneficent
(adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
austere
(Adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
cadaverous
(adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
concoct
(v) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
crass
(adj) coarse, unfeeling; stupid
debase
(v) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
desecrate
(v) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
disconcert
(v) to confuse; to disturb the composure of
grandiose
(adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
inconsequential
(adj) trifling, unimportant
infraction
(n) a breaking of a law or obligation
mitigate
(v) 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
(v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
punctilious
(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety