| A | B |
|---|
| austere | severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury |
| beneficent | performing acts of kindness or charity |
| cadaverous | pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
| concoct | to prepare by combining ingredients, make up, invent |
| crass | coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
| debase | to lower in character, to cause to deteriorate |
| desecrate | to contaminate, pollute, to commit sacrilege upon |
| disconcert | to disturb the composure of, to confuse |
| grandiose | marked by pompous affection or grandeur |
| 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, plunder |
| prate | to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
| punctulious | very careful and extact, attentive to fine points of etiquette |
| redoubtable | eminent, illustrious, inspiring fear or awe |
| reprove | rebuke, to find fault with, scold |
| restitution | making good on a loss or damage |
| stalwart | a brave, strong person; valient |
| vulnerable | open to attack; unprotected |
