Sadlier-Oxford Level F - Unit 7

austere

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

**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 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**. cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

**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, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb

**ant**. relax, calm, put at ease

grandiose

**(adj.)** grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation 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 law 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.)******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 extract, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety

**syn**. precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky

**ant**. careless, negligent, lax, prefunctory

redoubtable

**(adj.)** inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminet

**syn**. formidable, fearsome, awesome, august

**ant**. laughable, risible, contemptible

reprove

**(v.)** to find fault with, scold, rebuke

**syn**. chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach

**ant**. praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

**restitution**

**(n.)** the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; makin good on a loss or damage

**syn**. compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration

stalwart

**(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