vocab chapter 7

Question 1

austere

Answer 1

severe or stern in manner

Question 2

beneficent

Answer 2

performing acts of charity or kindness, conferring benefits, doing good.

Question 3

cadaverous

Answer 3

pale, gaunt,resembling a corpse

Question 4

concoct

Answer 4

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

Question 5

crass

Answer 5

course, unfeeling; stupid

Question 6

debase

Answer 6

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

Question 7

desecrate

Answer 7

to commit sacrilege on, treat irreverently, to contaminate, pollute.

Question 8

disconcert

Answer 8

to confuse; to disturb the composure of

Question 9

grandiose

Answer 9

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

Question 10

inconsequential

Answer 10

trifling, unimportant

Question 11

infraction

Answer 11

a breaking of a law, or obligation

Question 12

mitigate

Answer 12

to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity.

Question 13

pillage

Answer 13

to rob of goods by open force (as in war), to plunder, the act of looting; Booty.

Question 14

prate

Answer 14

totally a great deal in foolish or aimless fashion.

Question 15

punctilious

Answer 15

very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette .

Question 16

redoubtable

Answer 16

inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent.

Question 17

reprove

Answer 17

to find fault with, scold, rebuke

Question 18

restitution

Answer 18

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 19

stalwart

Answer 19

strong and sturdy; brave, resolute; a brave strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position.

Question 20

vulnerable

Answer 20

open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected.