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VOCABULARY UNIT 7. Level F. AUSTERE. AUSTERE: ( adj ) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor Synonyms: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, anadorned , subdued Antonyms: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant. BENEFICENT.
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VOCABULARY UNIT 7 Level F
AUSTERE • AUSTERE: (adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor • Synonyms: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, anadorned, subdued • Antonyms: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant
BENEFICENT • BENEFICENT: (adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good • Synonyms: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable • Antonyms: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious
CADAVEROUS • CADAVEROUS: (adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse • Synonyms: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly • Antonyms: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health
CONCOCT • CONCOCT: (v) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise invent, fabricate • Synonyms: create, fashion, rustle up
CRASS • CRASS: (adj) coarse, unfeeling; stupid • Synonyms: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse • Antonyms: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brillant
DEBASE • DEBASE: (v) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate • Synonyms: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate • Antonyms: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance
DESECRATE • DESECRATE: (v) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute • Synonyms: profane, defile, violate • Antonyms: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate
DESECRATE • DISCONCERT: (v) to confuse; to disturb the composure of • Synonyms: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb • Antonyms: relax, calm, put at ease
GRANDIOSE • GRANDIOSE: (adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated • Synonyms: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin • Antonyms: simple, modest, unaffected, humble
INCONSEQUENTIAL • INCONSEQUENTIAL: (adj) trifling, unimportant • Synonyms: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry • Antonyms: important, essential, crucial, vital
INFRACTION • INFRACTION: (n) a breaking of a law or obligation • Synonyms: violation, transgression, breach, offense
MITIGATE • MITIGATE: (v) to make milder or soften, to moderate in force or intensity • Synonyms: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish • Antonyms: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate
PILLAGE • PILLAGE: (v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n) the act of looting; booty • Synonyms: ravage, sack, loot
PRATE • PRATE: (v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion • Synonyms: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver • Antonyms: come to the point, not waste words
PUNCTILIOUS • PUNCTILIOUS: (adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety • Synonyms: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky • Anotnyms: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory
REDOUBTABLE • REDOUBTABLE: (adj) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious; eminent • Synonyms: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august • Antonyms: laughable, risible, contemptible
REPROVE • REPROVE: (v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke • Synonyms: chide, chastise, upbraid, reporach • Antonyms: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back
RESTITUTION • RESTITUTION: (n) 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 • Synonyms: compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration
STALWART • STALWART: (adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute (n) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position • Synonyms: sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant, mainstay • Antonyms: weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating
VULNERABLE • VULNERABLE: (adj) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected • Synonyms: defenseless, exposed, unguarded • Antonyms: invincible, protected, safe, secure
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