unit 7

Question 1

austere

Answer 1

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

Question 2

beneficent

Answer 2

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

Question 3

cadavarous

Answer 3

(adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Question 4

Concoct

Answer 4

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

Question 5

crass

Answer 5

(adj.) course, unfeeling, stupid

Question 6

debase

Answer 6

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

Question 7

desecrate

Answer 7

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

Question 8

disconcert

Answer 8

(v.) to confuse, to disturb composure

Question 9

grandiose

Answer 9

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

Question 10

inconsequential

Answer 10

(adj) : trifling, unimportant

Question 11

pillage

Answer 11

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

Question 12

prate

Answer 12

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

Question 13

punctilious

Answer 13

Adjective very careful and exact

Question 14

redoubtable

Answer 14

Adjective inspiring fear or awe

Question 15

stalwart

Answer 15

(adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute.

Question 16

vulnerable

Answer 16

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

Question 17

mitigate

Answer 17

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

Question 18

infraction

Answer 18

(n.) a breaking of a law or obligation

Question 19

reprove

Answer 19

To find fault with, scold, rebuke.

Question 20

Restitution

Answer 20

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.