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Sadlier Unit 7 (01.11.2021) Flashcards

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(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

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Austere

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S: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned

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Austere

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A: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant

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Austere

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(adj.) performing acts of kindness or charity: conferring benefits, doing good

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Beneficent

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S: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

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Beneficent

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A: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

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Beneficent

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(adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

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Cadaverous

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S: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

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Cadaverous

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A: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health

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Cadaverous

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(v.) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate

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Concoct

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S: create, fashion, rustle up

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Concoct

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(adj.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid

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Crass

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S: crude, tasteless, oafish, obtuse

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Crass

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A: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant

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Crass

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(v.) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate

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Debase

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S: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

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Debase

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A: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance

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Debase

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(v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irrelevantly; to contaminate, pollute

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Desecrate

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S: profane, defile, violate

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Desecrate

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A: revere, venerate, consecrate

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Desecrate

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(v.) To confuse; to disturb the composure of

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Disconcert

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S: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze

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Disconcert

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A: relax, calm, put at ease

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Disconcert

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(adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

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Grandiose

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S: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin

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Grandiose

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A: simple, modest, humble

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Grandiose

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(adj.) trifling, unimportant

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Inconsequential

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S: trivial, negligible, paltry

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Inconsequential

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A: important, essential, crucial

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Inconsequential

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(n.) a breaking of a law or obligation

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Infraction

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S: violation, transgression, offense

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Infraction

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(v.) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

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Mitigate

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S: lessen, relieve, alleviate

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Mitigate

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A: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate

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Mitigate

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(v. ) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder

(n. ) the act of looting; booty

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Pillage

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S: (v.)savage, sack, loot;(n.) booty

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Pillage

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(v.) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

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Prate

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S: prattle, blab, palaver

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Prate

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A: come to the point

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Prate

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(adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette

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Punctilious

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S: precise, scrupulous

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Punctilious

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A: careless, perfunctory

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Punctilious

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(adj,) inspiring in fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

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Redoubtable

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S: formidable, august

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Redoubtable

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A: laughable, risible

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Redoubtable

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(v.) to find fault with, scold, rebuke

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Reprove

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S: chastise, upbraid, reproach

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Reprove

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A: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

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Reprove

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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

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Restitution

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S: reimbursement, redress, restoration

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Restitution

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(adj.) Strong and sturdy; brave; resolute

(n.) a brave, strong, person; a strong supporter; one who takes an
uncompromising position

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Stalwart

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S: (adj.) sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; (n.) mainstay

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Stalwart

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A: (adj.) weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating

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Stalwart

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(adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected

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Vulnerable

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S: defenseless, unguarded

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Vulnerable

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A: invincible, protected, safe, secure

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Vulnerable

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