Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 7

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

forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned (syn.)

mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant (ant.)

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

humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable (syn.)

selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious (ant.)

adj. pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly (syn.)

robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health (ant.)

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

create, fashion, rustle up (syn.)

adj. coarse, unfeeling; stupid

crude, tasteless, oafish, obtuse (syn.)

refines, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant (ant.)

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

cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate (syn.)

elevate, uplift, improve, enhance (ant.)

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

profane, defile, violate (syn.)

revere, venerate, consecrate (ant.)

v. to confuse; to disturb the composure of

upset, rattle, ruffle, faze (syn.)

relax, calm, put at ease (ant.)

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

majestic, bombastic, highfalutin (syn.)

simple, modest, humble (ant.)

adj. trifling, unimportant

trivial, negligible, paltry (syn.)

important, essential, crucial (ant.)

n. a breaking of a law or obligation

violation, transgression, offense (syn.)

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

lessen, relieve, alleviate (syn.)

aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate (ant.)

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

n. the act of looting; booty

v. ravage, sack, loot; n. booty (syn.)

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

prattle, blab, palaver (syn.)

come to the point (ant.)

adj. very careful or exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette

precise, scrupulous (syn.)

careless, perfunctory (ant.)

adj. inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

formidable, august (syn.)

laughable, risible (ant.)

v. to find fault with, scold, rebuke

chastise, upbraid, reproach (syn.)

praise, comment, laud, pat on the back (ant.)

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

reimbursement, redress, restoration (syn.)

adj. strong and sturdy; brave; resolute

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

adj. sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; n. mainstay (syn.)

adj. weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating (ant.)

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

defenseless, unguarded (syn.)

invincible, protected, safe, secure (ant.)