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Sadlier-Oxford Vocab Level F
Unit 7
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English
10th Grade
06/12/2007

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Austere
Definition
severe/stern or without adornment/luxury
syn: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued
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Beneficient
Definition
performing acts of kindness/charity
syn: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
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Cadaverous
Definition
pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
syn: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
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Concoct
Definition
to prepare by combining ingreients, make up
syn: create, fashion, rustle up
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Crass
Definition
coarse, unfeeling, stupid
syn: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
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Debase
Definition
to lower in character, quality or value, to degrade/adulterate
syn: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
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Desecrate
Definition
to commit sacrilege upon, treat irrecerently; contaminate, pollute
syn: profane, defile, violate
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Disconcert
Definition
to confuse; to disturb the composure of
syn: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb
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Grandiose
Definition
grand in an impressive or stately way, absurdly exagerated
syn: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
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Inconsequential
Definition
trifling, unimportant
ssyn: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
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Inconsequential
Definition
trifling, unimportant
syn: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
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Infraction
Definition
a breaking of a law or obligation
syn: violation, transgression, breach, offense
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Mitigate
Definition
to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensify
syn: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
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Pillage
Definition
to rob of goods by open force, looting
syn: ravage, sack loot, booty
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Prate
Definition
to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
syn: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver
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Punctillious
Definition
very careful and exact, attentive to detail
syn: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky
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Redoubtable
Definition
inspiring fear or awe, illustrious, eminent
syn: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august
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Reprove
Definition
to find fault with, scold, rebuke
syn: chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach
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Restitution
Definition
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
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Stalwart
Definition
strong and sturdy, brave, resolute
syn: sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant, mainstay
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Vulnerable
Definition
open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected
syn: defenseless, exposed, ungaurded
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