Vocab 5

(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

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

(adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

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

(adj.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid

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

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

(v.) to confuse; to disturb the composure of

(adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

(adj.) trifling, unimportant

(n.) a breaking of a law or obligation

(v.) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

(v.) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty

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

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

(adj.) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

(v.) to find fault with, scold, rebuke

(n.) 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

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

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

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

(n.) dismay, confusion

(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

(n.) dissagreement, sharp difference of opinion

(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

(n.) an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run betwwen them; an ordeal