Vocab 7 F

Question 1

forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned

Answer 1

austere - severe or stern in manner without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

Question 2

mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant

Answer 2

ant. austere

Question 3

humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

Answer 3

beneficent - performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

Question 4

selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

Answer 4

ant. beneficent

Question 5

corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

Answer 5

cadaverous - pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Question 6

robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health

Answer 6

ant. cadaverous

Question 7

create, fashion, rustle up

Answer 7

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

Question 8

crude, tasteless,obtuse

Answer 8

crass - adjective - coarse, unfeeling

Question 9

refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant

Answer 9

ant. crass

Question 10

cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

Answer 10

debase - verb - to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate

Question 11

elevate, uplift, improve, enhance

Answer 11

ant. debase

Question 12

profane, define, violate

Answer 12

desecrate - verb - to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently, to contaminate, pollute

Question 13

revere, venerate, consecrate

Answer 13

ant. desecrate

Question 14

upset, rattle, ruffle, faze

Answer 14

disconcert - verb - to confuse; to disturb the composure of

Question 15

relax, calm, put at ease

Answer 15

ant. disconcert

Question 17

majestic, bombastic, highfalutin

Answer 17

grandiose

Question 18

simple, modest, humble

Answer 18

ant. grandiose

Question 19

trivial, negligible, paltry

Answer 19

inconsequential - trifling, unimportant

Question 20

important, essential, crucial

Answer 20

ant. inconsequential

Question 21

violation, transgression, offense

Answer 21

infraction - a breaking of a law or obligation

Question 22

lessen, relieve, alleviate

Answer 22

mitigate - to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

Question 23

aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate

Answer 23

ant. mitigate

Question 24

ravage, sack, loot, booty

Answer 24

pillage -

Question 25

prattle,blab, palaver

Answer 25

prate - to talk a great deal in a foolish in aimless fashion

Question 26

come to the point

Answer 26

ant. prate

Question 28

precise, scrupulous

Answer 28

punctilious

Question 29

careless, perfunctory

Answer 29

ant. punctilious

Question 30

formidable, august

Answer 30

redoubtable

Question 31

laughable, risible

Answer 31

ant. redoubtable

Question 32

chastise, upbraid, reproach

Answer 32

reprove - to find fault with, scold, rebuke

Question 33

praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

Answer 33

ant. reprove

Question 34

reimbursement, redress, restoration

Answer 34

restitution - 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.

Question 35

sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant

Answer 35

stalwart - strong and sturdy

Question 36

weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating, mainstay

Answer 36

ant. stalwart

Question 37

defenseless, unguarded

Answer 37

vulnerable - open to attack

Question 38

invincible, protected, safe, secure

Answer 38

ant vulnerable