Vocab 2 U7

Question 1

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

Answer 1

austere

Question 2

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

Answer 2

beneficent

Question 3

adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Answer 3

cadaverous

Question 4

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

Answer 4

concoct

Question 5

adj) coarse, unfeeling; stupid

Answer 5

crass

Question 6

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

Answer 6

debase

Question 7

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

Answer 7

desecrate

Question 8

v) to confuse, to disturb the composure of

Answer 8

disconcert

Question 9

adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

Answer 9

grandiose

Question 10

adj) trifling, unimportant

Answer 10

inconsequential

Question 11

n) a breaking of the law or obligation

Answer 11

infraction

Question 12

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

Answer 12

mitigate

Question 13

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

n) the act of looting; booty

Answer 13

pillage

Question 14

v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

Answer 14

prate

Question 15

adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette

Answer 15

punctilious

Question 16

adj) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

Answer 16

redoubtable

Question 17

v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke

Answer 17

reprove

Question 18

n) 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 18

restitution

Question 19

adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute;

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

Answer 19

stalwart

Question 20

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

Answer 20

vulnerable