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severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
austere
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performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
beneficent
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pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
cadaverous
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to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
concoct
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coarse, unfeeling; stupid
crass
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to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
debase
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to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
desecrate
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to confuse; to disturb the composure of
disconcert
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grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
grandiose
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trifling, unimportant
inconsequential
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a breaking of a law or obligation
infraction
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to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
mitigate
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to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder the act of looting; booty
pillage
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to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
prate
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very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
punctilious
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inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
redoubtable
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to find fault with, scold, rebuke
reprove
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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
restitution
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strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
stalwart
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open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged unprotected
vulnerable
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