Sadlier Level F Unit 7 Vocab

Austere (adj.)

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

Syn: Forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued

Ant: Mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant

Beneficent (adj.)

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

Syn: Humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

Ant: Selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

Cadaverous (adj.)

Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Syn: Corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

Ant: Robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health

Concoct (v.)

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

Syn: Create, fashion, rustle up

Crass (adj.)

Coarse, unfeeling; stupid

Syn: Crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse

Ant: Refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant

Debase (v.)

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

Syn: Creapen, corrupt, demean, depricate

Ant: Elevate, uplift improve enhance

Desecrate (v.)

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

Syn: Profane, defile, violate

Ant: Revere, honor, venerate, consecrate

Disconcert (v.)

To confuse; to disturb the composure of

Syn: Upset, reattle, ruffle, faze, perturb

Ant: Relax, calm, put at ease

Grandiose (adj.)

Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

Syn: Majestic, bombastic, highfalutin

Ant: Simple, modest, unaffected, humble

Inconsequential (adj.)

Trifling, unimportant

Syn: Trivial, negligible, petty, paltry

Ant: Important, essential, crucial, vital

Infraction (n.)

A breaking of a low or obligation

Syn: Violation, transgression, breach, offense

Mitigate (v.)

To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

Syn: Lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish

Ant: Aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate

Pillage (v.) + (n.)

(v.) To rob of goods by open force [as in war], plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty

Syn: (v.) Ravage, sack, loot; (n.) booty

Prate (v.)

To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

Syn: Chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver

Ant: Come to the point, not waste words

Punctilious (adj.)

Very careful and exact, attentive to fin points of etiquette or propriety

Syn: Precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky

Ant: Careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory

Redoubtable (adj.)

Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

Syn: Formidable, fearsome, awesome, august

Ant: Laughable, risible, contemptible

Reprove (v.)

To find fault with, scold, rebuke

Syn: Chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach
Ant: Praise, command, laud, pat on the back

Restituiton (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

Syn: Compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration

Stalwart (adj.) + (n.)

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

Syn: (adj.) Sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant (n.) mainstay

Ant: (adj.) Weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating

Vulnerable (adj.)

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

Syn: Defenseless, exposed, unguarded

Ant: Invincible, protected, safe, secure