Unit 7 Vocab Flashcards
1
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austere
A
without adornment or luxury
2
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beneficent
A
performing acts of kindness or charity
3
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cadaverous
A
pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
4
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concoct
A
to make up, devise, invent, fabricate
5
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crass
A
coarse, unfeeling
6
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debase
A
to lower in character or quality
7
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desecrate
A
to contaminate, pollute
8
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disconcert
A
to confuse
9
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grandiose
A
grand in an impressive or stately way, absurdly exaggerated
10
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inconsequential
A
trifling, unimportant
11
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infraction
A
breaking a law of obligation
12
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mitigate
A
to make milder or softer
13
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pillage
A
to rob of goods by open force
14
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prate
A
to talk a great deal in a foolish fashion
15
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punctilious
A
attentive fine point of etiquette
