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austere
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(adj)severe pr stern in manner; without adornment or luxury,simple,plain, or sour in flavor
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beneficent
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(adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits; doing good
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cadaverous
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(adj) pale, guant, resembling a corpse
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concoct
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(v) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish) to devise, invent, fabricate
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cress
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(adj) coarse, unfeeling; stupid
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debase
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(v) to lower in character quality, or value; to degrade, aduterate; to cause to deteriorate
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desecrate
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(v) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irrevently; to contaminate, pollute
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disconcert
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(v) to confuse; to distub the comosure of
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Grandiose
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(adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
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inconsequential
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(adj) trifling, uniportant
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ifraction
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(n)a breakinf of a law or obligation
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mitigate
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(v) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
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pillage
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(v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), Plunder; (n) the act of looting; booty
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prate
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(v0to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
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punctilious
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(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or priority
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redoubtable
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(adj) inspiring fear or awe; illustration, eminent
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reprove
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(v) to findfault with, scold, rubuke
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restitution
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(n) the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to aformer steate or position; making good on alss or damage
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stalwart
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(adj) strong and sturdy; brave resolute; (n) a brave, strong person; s astong supporter; one who takes an un compromising position
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vulnerable
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(adj) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
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