Sadlier Unit 7 (01.11.2021) Flashcards
(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
Austere
S: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned
Austere
A: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant
Austere
(adj.) performing acts of kindness or charity: conferring benefits, doing good
Beneficent
S: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
Beneficent
A: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious
Beneficent
(adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
Cadaverous
S: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
Cadaverous
A: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health
Cadaverous
(v.) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
Concoct
S: create, fashion, rustle up
Concoct
(adj.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid
Crass
S: crude, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
Crass
A: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant
Crass
(v.) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
Debase
S: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
Debase
A: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance
Debase
(v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irrelevantly; to contaminate, pollute
Desecrate
S: profane, defile, violate
Desecrate
A: revere, venerate, consecrate
Desecrate
(v.) To confuse; to disturb the composure of
Disconcert
S: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze
Disconcert
A: relax, calm, put at ease
Disconcert
(adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
Grandiose
S: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
Grandiose
A: simple, modest, humble
Grandiose
(adj.) trifling, unimportant
Inconsequential
S: trivial, negligible, paltry
Inconsequential
A: important, essential, crucial
Inconsequential
(n.) a breaking of a law or obligation
Infraction
S: violation, transgression, offense
Infraction
(v.) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
Mitigate
S: lessen, relieve, alleviate
Mitigate
A: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate
Mitigate
(v. ) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder
(n. ) the act of looting; booty
Pillage
S: (v.)savage, sack, loot;(n.) booty
Pillage
(v.) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
Prate
S: prattle, blab, palaver
Prate
A: come to the point
Prate
(adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette
Punctilious
S: precise, scrupulous
Punctilious
A: careless, perfunctory
Punctilious
(adj,) inspiring in fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
Redoubtable
S: formidable, august
Redoubtable
A: laughable, risible
Redoubtable
(v.) to find fault with, scold, rebuke
Reprove
S: chastise, upbraid, reproach
Reprove
A: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back
Reprove
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
Restitution
S: reimbursement, redress, restoration
Restitution
(adj.) Strong and sturdy; brave; resolute
(n.) a brave, strong, person; a strong supporter; one who takes an
uncompromising position
Stalwart
S: (adj.) sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; (n.) mainstay
Stalwart
A: (adj.) weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating
Stalwart
(adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
Vulnerable
S: defenseless, unguarded
Vulnerable
A: invincible, protected, safe, secure
Vulnerable