Unit 7 Flashcards
austere
severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
syn- forbidding rigorous puritanical ascetic unadorned
ant- mild indulgent luxurious flamboyant
beneficent
performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
syn- humanitarian magnanimous charitable
ant- selfish cruel harmful deleterious
cadaverous
pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
syn-corpselike wasted haggard emaciated ghastly
ant- robust portly rosy the picture of health
concoct
to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
syn- create fashion rustle up
crass
coarse, unfeeling; stupid
syn-crude tasteless oafish obtuse
ant-refined elegant
debase
to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
syn- cheapen corrupt demean deprectiate
ant- elevate uplift improve enhance
desecrate
to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
syn- profane defile violate
ant- revere venerate consecreate
disconcert
to confuse; to disturb the composure of
syn- upset rattle ruffle faze
ant- relax calm put at ease
grandiose
grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
syn- majestic bombastic highfalutin
inconsequential
trifling, unimportant
syn- trivial negligable paltry
ant- important essential crucial
infraction
a breaking of a law or obligation
syn- violation transgression offense
mitigate
to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
syn- lessen relieve alleviate
ant- aggravate atensify irritate exacerbate
pillage
to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; the act of looting; booty
syn- ravage sack loot booty
prate
to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
syn- prattle blab palaver
ant- come to the point
punctilious
very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
syn- precise scrupulous
ant- careless perfunctory
