Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 7 – Flashcards
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austere
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severe or stern in manner; w.o adornment or luxury, simple, plain; forbidding
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beneficent
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performing acts of kindness or charity; doing good; humanitarian
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cadaverous
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pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse; wasted; haggard
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concoct
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to prepare by combining ingredients, to devise, fabricate, invent
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crass
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coarse, unfeeling; stupid, crude, vulgar
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debase
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to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, cheapen
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desecrate
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to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute, profane
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disconcert
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to confuse; to disturb the composure of, upset
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grandiose
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grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
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inconsequential
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trifling, unimportant, trivial, negligible
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infraction
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a breaking of a law or obligation, violation
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mitigate
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to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity, lessen
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pillage
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(v.) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty
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prate
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to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion, prattle
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punctilous
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very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
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redoubtable
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inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent; formidable, fearsome
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reprove
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to find fault with, scold, rebuke, chide
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restitution
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the act of restoring someone/thing to the rightful owner/former state; making good on a loss; compensation
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stalwart
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(adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute (n.) brave person, mainstay
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vulnerable
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open to attack; capable of being wounded
