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Austere
adj: severe of stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
syn: forbidding rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued
ant: mild indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant
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Beneficial
adj: performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
syn: humanitarianism, magnanimous, charitable
ant: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious
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Cadaverous
adj: pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
syn: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
ant: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health
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Concoct
v: to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
syn: create, fashion, rustle up
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Crass
adj: coarse, unfeeling; stupid
syn: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
ant: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant
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Debase
v: to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
syn: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
ant: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance
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Desecrate
v: to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
syn: profane, defile, violate
ant: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate
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Disconcert
v: to confuse; to disturb the composure of
syn: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturd
ant: relax, calm, put at ease
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Grandiose
adj: grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompus affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
syn: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
ant:simple, modest, unaffected, humble
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Inconsequential
adj: trifling, unimportant
syn: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
ant: important, essential, crucial, vital
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Infraction
n: breaking of a law or obligation
syn: violation, transgression, breach, offense
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Mitigate
v: to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
syn: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
ant: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate
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Pillage
- v: to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder;
- n: the act of looting; booty
- syn:
- (v): ravage, sack, loot
- (n): booty
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Prate
v: to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
syn: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver
ant: come to the point, not waste words
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Punctilious
adj: very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
syn: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky
ant: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory
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Redoubtable
adj: inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
syn: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august
ant: laughable, risible, contemptible
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Reprove
v: to find fault with, scold, rebuke
syn: chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach
ant: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back
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Restitution
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
syn: compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration
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Stalwart
- adj: strong and sturdy; brave; resolute;
- n: a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
- syn:
- (adj): sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant
- (n): mainstay
ant: (adj): weak, infirm, irresolue, vacillating
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Vulnerable
adj: open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
syn: defenseless, exposed, unguarded
ant: invincible, protected, safe, secure
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