Vocah H10 Unit 7

austere

(adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

beneficient

(adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

cadaverous

(adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

concoct

(v) prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate

crass

(adj) coarse, unfeeling, stupid, crude

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 comtaminate, pollute

disconcert

(v) to confuse, to disturb the composure of

grandiose

(adj) grand in an impressive or stately way, marked by pompous affectation or gandeur, absurdly exaggerated

inconsequential

(adj) trifling, unimportant, negligible

infraction

(n) a breaking of a law or obligation

mitigate

(v) to make milder or 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

punctillious

(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquet, precise

redoubtable

(adj) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

reprove

(v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke

stalwart

(adj) strong and sturdy, brave, resolute (n) a brave strong person, a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

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

vulnerable

(adj) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected