Benefield- Vocab Unit 7
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- austere
- (adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
- beneficent
- (adj.) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
- cadaverous
- (adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
- concoct
- (v.) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
- crass
- (adj.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid
- debase
- (v.) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
- desecrate
- (v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
- disconcert
- (v.) to confuse; to disturb to composure of
- grandiose
- (adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or graneur, absurdly exaggerated
- inconsequential
- (adj.) trifling, unimportant
- infraction
- (n.) a breaking of a law or obligation
- mitigate
- (v.) to make milder ot softer, to moderate in force or intensity
- pillage
- (v.) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty
- prate
- (v.) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
- punctilious
- (adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
- redoubtable
- (adj.) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
- reprove
- (v.) to find fault with, scold, rebuke
- restitution
- (n.) the act of restoring someonr or something to the rightful owner ot to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage
- stalwart
- (adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n.) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
- vulnerable
- (adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected