(adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

Synonyms: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

Antonyms: seflish, cruel, harmful, deletorious

(adj) pale, guant, resembling a corpse

Synonyms: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

Antonyms: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health

(v) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up

(as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate

Synonyms: create, fashion, rustle up

(adj) coarse, unfeeling; stupid

Synonyms: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse

Antonyms: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant

(v) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate

Synonyms: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

Antonyms: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance

(v) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

Synonyms: profane, defile, violate

Antonyms: revere, honor venerate, consecrate

(v) to confuse; to disturb the composure of

Synonyms: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb

Antonyms: relax, calm, put at ease

(adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or granduer, absurbly exaggerated

Synonyms: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin

Antonyms: simple, modest, unaffected, humble

(adj) trifling, unimportant

Synonyms: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry

Antonyms: important, essential, crucial, vital

(n) a breaking of a law or obligation

Synonyms: violation, transgression, breach, offense

(v) to make milder or softer, to moderatein force or intensity

Synonyms: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish

Antonyms: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate

(v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder;

(n) the act of looting; booty

Synonyms: (v) ravage, sack, loot; (n) booty

(v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

Synonyms: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver

Antonyms: come to the point, not waste words

(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety

Synonyms: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky

Antonyms: careless, negligent, lax, prefunctory

(adj) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

Synonyms: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august

Antonyms: laughable, risible, contemptible

(v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke

Synonyms: chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach

Antonyms: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

(n) the act of restoring something or someone to the rightful owner or to a former state or postition; making good on a loss or damage

Synonyms: compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration

(adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

Synonyms: (adj) sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; (n) mainstay

Antonyms: (adj) weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating

(adj) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected

Synonyms: defenseless, exposed, unguarded

Antonyms: invincible, protected, safe, secure