Unit 7 Flashcards

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Austere

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Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury,simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

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Beneficent

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Performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

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Cadaverous

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Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

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Concoct

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

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Crass

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Coarse, unfeeling; stupid

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Debase

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To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate, to cause to deteriorate

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Desecrate

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To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

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Disconcert

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To confuse; to disturb the composure of

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Grandiose

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Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

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Inconsequential

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Trifling, unimportant

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Infraction

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A breaking of a law or obligation

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Mitigate

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To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

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Pillage

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To rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; the act of looting; booty

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Prate

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To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

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Punctilious

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Very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette and propriety

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Redoubtable

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Inspiring dear or awe; illustrious, eminent

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Reprove

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To find fault with, scold, rebuke

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Restitution

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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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Stalwart

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Strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

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Vulnerable

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Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected