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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
Synonyms: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued Antonyms: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant |
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Beneficient (adj.)
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Performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
Synonyms: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable Antonyms: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious |
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Cadaverous (adj.)
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Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
Synonyms: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly Antonyms: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health |
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Concot (v.)
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To prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise,
invent, fabricate
Synonyms: create, fashion, rustle up |
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Crass (adj.)
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Coarse, unfeeling; stupid
Synonyms: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse Antonyms: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant |
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Debase (v.)
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To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cuase to deteriorate
Synonyms: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate Antonyms:elevate, uplift, improve, enhance |
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Desecrate (v.)
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To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently
Synonyms: profane, defile, violate Antonyms: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate |
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Disconcert (v.)
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To confuse; to disturb the composure of
Synonyms: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb Antonyms: relax, calm, put at ease |
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Grandiose (adj.)
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Grand in an impressive or stately way, marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
Synonyms: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin Antonyms: simple, modest, unaffected, humble |
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Inconsequential (adj.)
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Trifling, unimportant
Synonyms: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry Antonyms: important, essential, crucial, vital |
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Infraction (n.)
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A breaking of a law or obligation
Synonyms: violation, transgression, breach, offense |
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Mitigate (v.)
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To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
Synonyms: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish Antonyms: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate |
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Pillage (v.)
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To rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n) the act of looting
Synonyms:(v) ravage, sack, loot; (n) booty |
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Prate (v.)
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To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
Synonyms: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver Antonyms: come to the point, not waist words |
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Redoubtable (adj.)
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Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
Synonym: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august Antonyms: laughable, risible, contemptible |
