| A | B |
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| austere | servere 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 sacrilage, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
| desist | to cease doing something, forebear |
| disconcert | to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
| grandiose | grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or gradeur, absurdely 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 |
| 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; illustrious, eminent |
| reprove | to find fault with, scold, rebuke |
| restitution | the act of restoring someone/something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good for loss of damage |
| stalwart | strong and sturdy; brave; resolute |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| vulnerable | open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected |
