Vocabulary Level F Unit 7 Part A

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Vocabulary Level FUnit 7Part A
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• austere debase
• beneficent desecrate
• cadaverous disconcert
• concoct grandiose
• crass inconsequential

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austere

• Severe or stern in manner
• without adornment or luxury, simple, plain
• Harsh or sour in flavor

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austere

• The austere clothing and conduct of the Puritans
  expressed their beliefs.

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beneficent

• Performing acts of kindness or charity
• Conferring benefits, doing good

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BENEFICENT
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• From them I learned that purely beneficent acts
  can require as much hard work as a nine-to-five
  job.

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cadaverous

• Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
• Syn corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated,
  ghastly

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CADAVEROUS
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• Weak from hunger and cadaverous in appearance,
  the rescued captives were carried from the plane.
  

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concoct

• To prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as
  a dish)
• To devise, invent, fabricate

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CONCOCT
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• He concocted a savory stew with fresh herbs and
  vegetables from the garden.

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crass

• Coarse, unfeeling stupid
• Syn crude, vulgar, tasteless

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CRASS
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• We feel that the positions of our representative
  show a crass indifference to our problems.

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debase

• To lower in character, quality, or value
• To degrade, adulterate
• To cause to deteriorate
• Syn cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

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DEBASE
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• Every time a new rule is introduced in a popular
  sport, there are fans who say it will debase the
  game.

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desecrate

• To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently
• To contaminate, pollute

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DESECRATE
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• The search continues for the vandals who
  desecrated the cemetery.

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disconcert

• To confuse
• To disturb the composure of

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DISCONCERT
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• They had hoped to disconcert him with an
  unexpected question, but he was well prepared.

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grandiose

• Grand in an impressive or stately way
• Marked by pompous affectation or grandeur,
  absurdly exaggerated

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GRANDIOSE
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• In how many cities, I wonder, does an ambitious
  engineer dream up such grandiose designs?

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inconsequential

• Trifling, unimportant
• Syn trivial, petty

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• Feel free to ignore the inconsequential details,
  provided that you are sure that they are
  unimportant.