Unit 7 Vocabulary

Question 1

Austere

Answer 1

(adj.) severe or stern manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
S: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical
A: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant

Question 2

Beneficent

Answer 2

(adj.) preforming acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
S: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
A: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

Question 3

Cadaverous

Answer 3

(adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
S: corpse-like, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
A: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health

Question 4

Concoct

Answer 4

(v) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
S: create, fashion, rustle up

Question 5

Crass

Answer 5

(adj.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid
S: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
A: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant

Question 6

Debase

Answer 6

(v) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
S: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
A: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance

Question 7

Desecrate

Answer 7

(v) to commit sacrilege upon, to treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
S: profane, defile, violate
A: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate

Question 8

Disconcert

Answer 8

(v) to confuse; to disturb the composure of
S: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb
A: relax, calm, put to ease

Question 9

Grandiose

Answer 9

(adj.) grand in a impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
S: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
A: simple, modest, unaffected, humble

Question 10

Inconsequential

Answer 10

(adj.) trifling, unimportant
S: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
A: important, essential, crucial, vital

Question 11

Infraction

Answer 11

(n) a breaking of a law or obligation

S: violation, transgression, breach, offense

Question 12

Mitigate

Answer 12

(v) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
S: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
A: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate

Question 13

Pillage

Answer 13

(v) to rob of gods by open force (as in war), plunder
(n) the act of looting; booty
S: (v) ravage, sack, loot; (n) booty

Question 14

Prate

Answer 14

(v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
S: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver
A: come to the point, not wast words

Question 15

Punctilious

Answer 15

(adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
S: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy finicky
A: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory

Question 16

Redoubtable

Answer 16

(adj.) inspiring fear and awe; illustrious, eminent
S: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august
A: laughable, risible, contemptible

Question 17

Reprove

Answer 17

(v) find fault with, scold, rebuke
S: chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach
A: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

Question 18

Retitution

Answer 18

(n) to act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state of position; making good on a loss of damage
S: compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration

Question 19

Stalwart

Answer 19

(adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute
(n) a brave, strong, person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
S: (adj.) sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; (n) mainstay
A: (adj.) weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating

Question 20

Vulnerable

Answer 20

(adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
S: defenseless, exposed, unguarded
A: invincible, protected, safe, secure