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| Austere | (adj.) Severe or stern in manner; without adornment of 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, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
| Desecrate | (v.) To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
| Disconcert | (v.) To confuse; to disturb the composure |
| Grandiose | (adj.) Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
| Inconsequential | (adj.) Trifling, unimportant |
| Infraction | (n.) A 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; (n.) the act of looting; booty |
| 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 (n.) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position |
| Vulnerable | (adj.) Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected |
