Unit 7

Question 1

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

Answer 1

austere

Question 2

austere accented syllable

Answer 2

ster

Question 3

ascetic syn for

Answer 3

austere

Question 4

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

Answer 4

beneficent

Question 5

magnanimous syn for

Answer 5

beneficent

Question 6

beneficent part of speech

Answer 6

adj

Question 7

pale, gaunt, resembling a orpse

Answer 7

cadaverous

Question 8

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

Answer 8

concoct

Question 9

coarse, unfeeling; stupid

Answer 9

crass

Question 10

obtuse syn for

Answer 10

crass

Question 11

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

Answer 11

debase

Question 12

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

Answer 12

desecrate

Question 13

consecrate ant for

Answer 13

desecrate

Question 14

to confuse; to disturb the composure of

Answer 14

disconcert

Question 15

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

Answer 15

grandiose

Question 16

highfalutin syn for

Answer 16

grandiose

Question 17

trifling, unimportant

Answer 17

inconsequential

Question 18

paltry syn for

Answer 18

inconsequential

Question 19

a braking of a law or obligation

Answer 19

infraction

Question 20

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

Answer 20

mitigate

Question 21

to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder

Answer 21

pillage

Question 22

the acting of looting; booty

Answer 22

pillage

Question 23

pillage part of speech

Answer 23

verb, noun

Question 24

to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

Answer 24

prate

Question 25

palaver syn for

Answer 25

prate

Question 26

very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette

Answer 26

punctilious

Question 27

perfunctory ant for

Answer 27

punctilious

Question 28

inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

Answer 28

redoubtable

Question 29

illustrious/eminent mean

Answer 29

famous or respected

Question 30

risible ant for

Answer 30

redoubtable

Question 31

to find fault with, scold, rebuke

Answer 31

reprove

Question 32

upbraid syn for

Answer 32

reprove

Question 33

laud ant for

Answer 33

reprove

Question 34

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

Answer 34

restitution

Question 35

reimbursement syn for

Answer 35

restitution

Question 36

strong and sturdy; brave; resolute

Answer 36

stalwart

Question 37

infirm, vacillating ant for

Answer 37

stalwart

Question 38

a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

Answer 38

stalwart

Question 39

mainstay syn for

Answer 39

stalwart

Question 40

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

Answer 40

vulnerable

Question 41

beneficent accented syllable

Answer 41

nef

Question 42

grandiose accented syllable

Answer 42

gran

Question 43

mild ant for

Answer 43

austere

Question 44

Difference between redoubtable and grandiose

Answer 44

redoubtable inspires fear, grandiose does not

Question 45

difference between desecrate and debase

Answer 45

desecrate more religious/violent, debase applies to character

Question 46

what is the connotation of mitigate

Answer 46

positive

Question 47

Is admirable and redoubtable syn

Answer 47

no, since admirable only has positive connotation

Question 48

what is unaffected in relation to grandiose

Answer 48

antonyms

Question 49

What are contemptible and redoubtable

Answer 49

antonyms