Vocab Unit 7 Flashcards
What does ‘Austere’ mean?
Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain.
What does ‘Beneficent’ mean?
Performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good.
What does ‘Cadaverous’ mean?
Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse.
What does ‘Concoct’ mean?
To prepare by combining ingredients, make-up (as a dish); to devise, invent.
What does ‘Crass’ mean?
Coarse, unfeeling; stupid.
What does ‘Debase’ mean?
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate, to cause to deteriorate.
What does ‘Desecrate’ mean?
To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute.
What does ‘Disconcert’ mean?
To confuse; to disturb the composure of.
What does ‘Grandiose’ mean?
Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation.
What does ‘Inconsequential’ mean?
Trifling, unimportant.
What does ‘Infraction’ mean?
A breaking of a law or obligation.
What does ‘Mitigate’ mean?
To make milder or softer, to moderate in force of intensity.
What does ‘Pillage’ mean?
To rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) act of looting.
What does ‘Prate’ mean?
To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion.
What does ‘Punctilious’ mean?
Very careful and exact, attentive to the fine points of etiquette or propriety.
What does ‘Redoubtable’ mean?
Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent.
What does ‘Reprove’ mean?
To find fault with, scold, rebuke.
What does ‘Restitution’ mean?
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.
What does ‘Stalwart’ mean?
Strong and sturdy; brave resolute; (n) a brave strong person; a strong supporter.
What does ‘Vulnerable’ mean?
Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected.
