Vocab Unit 7 Flashcards
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Beneficent
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Performing acts of kindness or charity
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Austere
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Severe or stern in manner, plain or simple
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Cadaverous
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Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
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Concoct
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To prepare by combining ingredients, invent
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Crass
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Coarse, stupid
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Debase
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To lower in character, quality or value
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Desecrate
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To contaminate or pollute, to treat irreverently
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Disconcert
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To confuse, to disturb the composure of
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Grandiose
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Absurdly exaggerated, marked by pompous affectation or grandeur
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Inconsequential
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Trifling or unimportant
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Infraction
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A breaking of a law or obligation
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Mitigate
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To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
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Pillage
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To plunder, to rob of of goods by open force, the act of looting
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Punctilious
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Very careful and exact
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Prate
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To talk a great deal in foolish or aimless fashion
