english terms

Austere

Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor.

Beneficent

Performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good.

Cadaverous

Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse.

Concoct

To prepare by combining ingredients; to devise, invent, fabricate.

Crass

Coarse, unfeeling; stupid.

Debase

To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate.

Desecrate

To commit sacrilege upon; treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute.

Disconcert

To confuse; to disturb the composure of.

Grandiose

Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur.

Inconsequential

Trifling; unimportant.

Infraction

A breaking of a law or obligation.

Mitigate

To make milder or softer; to moderate in force or intensity.

Pillage

To rob of goods by open force (as in war); the act of looting.

Prate

To talk in great detail in a foolish or aimless fashion.

Punctilious

Very careful and exact; attentive to fine points of etiquette.

Redoubtable

Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent.

Reprove

To find fault with; scold, rebuke.

Restitution

The act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner; making good on a loss or damage.

Stalwart

Strong and sturdy; brave; resolute.

Vulnerable

Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected.