| A | B |
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| austere | severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor |
| beneficent | performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good |
| cadaverous | pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
| concoct | to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate |
| crass | coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
| debase | to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
| desecrate | to commit sacrilege upon, treat irrevently; to contaminate, pollute |
| disconcert | to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
| grandiose | grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
| 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 in war), plunder; (noun) the act of looting; booty |
| prate | to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
| punctilious | very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propiety |
| redoubtable | inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent |
| reprove | to find fault with, scold, rebuke |
| restitution | the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or postition; making good on a loss or damage |
| stalwart | strong and sturdy; brave; resolute (noun) a brave, strong, person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncomprimising position |
| vulnerable | open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected |
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
| consternation | dismay, confusion |
| corpulent | fat; having a large, bulky body |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| dispassionate | impartial; calm, free from emotion |
| dissention | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| dissipate | to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
| gauntlet | an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| impugn | to call into question; to attack as false |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self- control; inclement |
| odium | hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
| subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
