Sadlier Unit 7 (01.11.2021)

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Austere

Question 2

S: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned

Answer 2

Austere

Question 3

A: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant

Answer 3

Austere

Question 4

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

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Beneficent

Question 5

S: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

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Beneficent

Question 6

A: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

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Beneficent

Question 7

(adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

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Cadaverous

Question 8

S: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

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Cadaverous

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Cadaverous

Question 10

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

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Concoct

Question 11

S: create, fashion, rustle up

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Concoct

Question 12

(adj.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid

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Crass

Question 13

S: crude, tasteless, oafish, obtuse

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Crass

Question 14

A: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant

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Crass

Question 15

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

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Debase

Question 16

S: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

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Debase

Question 17

A: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance

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Debase

Question 18

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

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Desecrate

Question 19

S: profane, defile, violate

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Desecrate

Question 20

A: revere, venerate, consecrate

Answer 20

Desecrate

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Disconcert

Question 22

S: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze

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Disconcert

Question 23

A: relax, calm, put at ease

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Disconcert

Question 24

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

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Grandiose

Question 25

S: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin

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Grandiose

Question 26

A: simple, modest, humble

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Grandiose

Question 27

(adj.) trifling, unimportant

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Inconsequential

Question 28

S: trivial, negligible, paltry

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Inconsequential

Question 29

A: important, essential, crucial

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Inconsequential

Question 30

(n.) a breaking of a law or obligation

Answer 30

Infraction

Question 31

S: violation, transgression, offense

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Infraction

Question 32

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

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Mitigate

Question 33

S: lessen, relieve, alleviate

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Mitigate

Question 34

A: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate

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Mitigate

Question 35

(v. ) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder | (n. ) the act of looting; booty

Answer 35

Pillage

Question 36

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

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Pillage

Question 37

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

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Prate

Question 38

S: prattle, blab, palaver

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Prate

Question 39

A: come to the point

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Prate

Question 40

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

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Punctilious

Question 41

S: precise, scrupulous

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Punctilious

Question 42

A: careless, perfunctory

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Punctilious

Question 43

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

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Redoubtable

Question 44

S: formidable, august

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Redoubtable

Question 45

A: laughable, risible

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Redoubtable

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Reprove

Question 47

S: chastise, upbraid, reproach

Answer 47

Reprove

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Reprove

Question 49

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

Question 50

S: reimbursement, redress, restoration

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Restitution

Question 51

(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

Question 52

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

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Stalwart

Question 53

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

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Stalwart

Question 54

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

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Vulnerable

Question 55

S: defenseless, unguarded

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Vulnerable

Question 56

A: invincible, protected, safe, secure

Answer 56

Vulnerable