Types of Sentences Grammar Quiz for 2nd Grade

Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 7

Word List

1. austere
   (adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
2. beneficent
   (adj.) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
3. cadaverous
   (adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
4. concoct
   (v.) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
5. crass
   (adj.) coarse, unfeeling
6. debase
   (v.) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
7. desecrate
   (v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
8. disconcert
   (v.) to confuse; to disturb the composure of
9. grandiose
   (adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
10. inconsequential
    (adj.) trifling, unimportant
11. infraction
    (n.) a breaking of a law or obligation
12. mitigate
    (v.) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
13. pillage
    (v.) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; 
    (n.) the act of looting; booty
14. prate
    (v.) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
15. punctilious
    (adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette
16. redoubtable
    (adj.) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
17. reprove
    (v.) to find fault with, scold, rebuke
18. 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
19. stalwart
    (adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute;
    (n.) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
20. vulnerable
    (adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected

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