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vocab unit 7
vocab for ms c
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English
11th Grade
01/24/2011

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