Unit 7 Flashcards
Beneficent
(adj.) Characterized by charity and kindness
Cadaverous
(adj.) Resembling a corpse
Concoct
To prepare by combining ingredients; To invent or devise
Crass
So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
Debase
(v.) To lower in character, quality or value
Desecrate
To violate the sacred character of; To commit sacrilege
Desist
To cease from action; To stop doing something
Disconcert
(v.) To cause to lose one’s composure
Grandiose
Impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur
Inconsequential
Lacking worth or importance
Infraction
(n.) A breaking of a law or obligation
Mitigate
(v.) To make milder, softer or more endurable
Pillage
(n.) The act of robbing goods by force; Goods stolen by force in a time of war; (v.) To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war, to plunder
Prate
(v.) To talk about aimlessly or foolishly
Punctilious
(adj.) Strictly attentive to minute details of conduct or etiquette