Vocab VII Flashcards
1
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Austere
A
Severe or stern in manner, without luxury
2
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Beneficent
A
Performing acts of kindness or charity
3
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Cadaverous
A
Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
4
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Concoct
A
To prepare by combing ingredients, make up (as a dish)
5
Q
Crass
A
Course, unfeeling; stupid
6
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Debase
A
To lower in character, quality, or value
7
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Desecrate
A
To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently
8
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Disconcert
A
To confuse
9
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Grandiose
A
Grand in an impressive or stately way
10
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Inconsequential
A
Trifling, unimportant
11
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Infraction
A
A breaking of a law or obligation
12
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Mitigate
A
To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
13
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Pillage
A
To rob of goods by open forces (as in war), plunder
14
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Prate
A
To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
15
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Punctilious
A
Very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette
