Unit 7 Synonyms Flashcards
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austere
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forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued
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beneficent
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humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
3
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cadaverous
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corpse like, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
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concoct
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create, fashion, rustle up
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crass
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crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
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debase
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cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
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desecrate
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profane, defile, violate
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disconcert
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upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb
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grandiose
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majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
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inconsequential
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trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
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infraction
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violation, transgression, breach, offense
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mitigate
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lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
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pillage
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(v.) ravage, sack, loot; (n.) booty
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prate
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chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver
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punctilious
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precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky
