ELA- Vocabulary #7

definition: severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

synonyms: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned

antonyms: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant

• lenient
• lavish
• austere
• crass

definition: performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

synonyms: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

antonyms: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

• beneficent

• malevolence
• crass

• egoism

definition: pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

synonyms: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

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

• concoct

• depreciate

• vibrant
• cadaverous

definition: to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate

synonyms: create, fashion, rustle up

• plan

• crass

• concoct

• crude

definition: coarse, unfeeling

synonyms: crude, tasteless, obtuse

antonyms: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant

• sophisticated
• crass

• violate

• austere

definition: to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate

synonyms: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

antonyms: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance

• debase
• demise

• crass

• transgression

definition: to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

synonyms: profane, defile, violate

antonyms: revere, venerate, consecrate

• debase

• sanctity
• purity
• desecrate

definition: to confuse; to disturb the composure of

synonyms: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze

antonyms: relax, calm, put at ease

• trivial

• desecrate

• disconcert

• disconnect

definition: grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

synonyms: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin

antonyms: simple, modest, humble

• grandiose
• understated
• honorable

• ordinary

definition: trifling, unimportant

synonyms: trivial, negligible, paltry

antonyms: important, essential, crucial

• infraction

• inconsequential

• vital
• pivotal