Unit 7 Vocab

beneficent (adj.)

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

• to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

• to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

• 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

mitigate (v.)

• to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

• very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette

• to find fault with, scold, rebuke

• to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

stalwart (n.)

• a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

• strong and sturdy; brave, resolute

• a breaking of a law or obligation

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

inconsequential (adj.)

• trifling, unimportant

• strong and sturdy; brave, resolute

• coarse, unfeeling

• pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

stalwart (adj.)

• strong and sturdy; brave, resolute

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

• a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

• pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

desecrate (v.)

• to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

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

• to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

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

vulnerable (adj.)

• open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected

• the act of looting

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

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

debased (v.)

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

• to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

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

• a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

punctilious (adj.)

• very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette

• a breaking of a law or obligation

• inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

• to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

prate (v.)

• to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

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

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

• to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity