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Vocab Chapter 7
Mr.Bauer
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English
11th Grade
02/21/2009

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Austere
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Severe, Stern in manor, simple, plain, harsh
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Beneficent
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Performing acts of kindness or charity
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Cadaverous
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Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
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Concoct
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To make up.Plan, invent/fabricate. to prepare by combining ingredients
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Crass
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Unrefined, crude, coarse, stupid
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Debase
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to lower in character,quality, or value
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Desecrate
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to commit sacrilege, contaminate/polute
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Desist
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To cease doing something
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Disconcert
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to disturb or confuse composure of
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Grandiose
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impressive/statley, exaggerated
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Inconsequential
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of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
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Infraction
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breach; violation; infringement
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Mitigate
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To make milder or softer, to moderate in force
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Pillage
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to rob of goods by open force, Plunder
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Prate
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To talk a great deal in a foolish, or aimless manner
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Punctilious
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Very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette
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Redoubtable
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Inspiring, Illustrious,ominent
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Reprove
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To find fault with, scold, rebuke
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Restitution
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The act of restoring someone or something to its former owner or condition
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Stalwart
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Strong and sturdy, brave and resolute
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Stipend
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A fixed sum of money, paid periodically
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Vulnerable
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Capable of being wounded or damaged. Unprotected
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