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| austere | (adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor | 
| beneficent | (adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good | 
| cadaverous | (adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse | 
| concoct | (v) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish), to devise, invent, fabricate | 
| crass | (adj) coarse, unfeeling; stupid | 
| debase | (v) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade | 
| desecrate | (v) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute | 
| disconcert | (v) to confuse to disturb the composure of | 
| grandiose | (adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated | 
| inconsequential | (adj) trifling, unimportant | 
| infraction | (n) breaking of a law or obligation | 
| mitigate | (v) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity | 
| pillage | (v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder | 
| prate | (v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion | 
| punctilious | (adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety | 
| redoubtable | (adj) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent | 
| reprove | (v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke | 
| restitution | (n) 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 | 
| stalwart | (adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute | 
| vulnerable | (adj) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected |