Vocab 7 Flashcards
Beneficent
Characterized by charity and kindness
Austere
Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; Harshly unadorned and simple
Cadaverous
Resembling a corpse
Concoct
To prepare by combining ingredients; To invent or devise
Crass
So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
Debase
To lower in character, quality or value
Desecrate
To violate the sacred character of; To commit sacrilege
Desist
To cease from action; To stop doing something
Disconcert
To cause to lose one’s composure
Grandiose
Impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur
Inconsequential
Lacking worth or importance
Infraction
A breaking of a law or obligation
Mitigate
To make milder, softer or more endurable
Pillage
(n.) The act of robbing goods by force; Goods stolen by force in a time of war; (v.) To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war, to plunder
Prate
To talk about aimlessly or foolishly