| A | B | 
| austere | severe or stern in manner; simple plain | 
| beneficent | performing acts of kindness or charity | 
| cadaverous | pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse | 
| concoct | to prepare by combining ingredients, fabricate | 
| crass | coarse, unfeeling; stupid | 
| debase | to lower in character, quality or valueito degrade | 
| desecrate | to commit sacrilege upon, to contaminate | 
| disconcert | to confuse; to disturb the composure of | 
| grandiose | grand in an impressive or stately way | 
| inconsequential | trifling, unimportant | 
| infraction | a breaking of a law or obligation | 
| mitigate | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity | 
| pillage | to rob of goods by open force (as inward, plunder | 
| prate | to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion | 
| punctilious | very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety | 
| redoubtable | inspiring fear or awe | 
| reprove | to find fault with, scorned, rebuke | 
| restitution | the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position | 
| stalwart | strong and Sturdy; braves resolute | 
| Vulnerable | open to attack; capable ofbear ns wounded or damaged; unprotected |