Vocab Unit 7

Question 1

Austere

Answer 1

adjective

• in manner or appearance
• Synonyms: uncompromising, strict, forbidding

Question 2

Beneficent

Answer 2

adjective

-doing good or causing good to be done, conferring benefits, kindly inaction or purpose

Question 3

Cadaverous

Answer 3

adjective

• of or like a corpse
• Synonyms: pale, ghastly, haggard, and thin

Question 4

Concoct

Answer 4

verb

• to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cookery
• Synonyms: to devise; makeup; contrive

Question 5

Crass

Answer 5

adjective

• without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity
• Synonyms: thick, coarse, gross, obtuse, stupid

Question 6

Debase

Answer 6

verb

-to reduce in quality or value; adulterate

Question 7

Desecrate

Answer 7

verb

-to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office

Question 8

Disconcert

Answer 8

verb

-to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle

Question 9

Grandiose

Answer 9

adjective

• affectedly grand or important; pompous
• grand in an imposing or impressive way

Question 10

Inconsequential

Answer 10

adjective

• of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
• Synonyms: inconsequent; illogical, irrelevant

Question 11

Infraction

Answer 11

noun

-Synonyms: breach, violation, infringement

Question 12

Mitigate

Answer 12

verb

-to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain, moderate

Question 13

Pillage

Answer 13

verb

-to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war, plunder

Question 14

Prate

Answer 14

verb

-to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble

Question 15

Punctilious

Answer 15

adjective
-extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions

Question 16

Redoubtable

Answer 16

adjective

-that is to be feared, formidable

Question 17

Reprove

Answer 17

verb

-to criticize or correct, especially gently

Question 18

Restitution

Answer 18

noun

-reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification

Question 19

Stalwart

Answer 19

adjective

-strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust

Question 20

Vulnerable

Answer 20

adjective

-capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon