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Austere
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Adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simply, plain; harsh 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, gaunt, 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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Crass,
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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, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
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Desecrate,
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Desecrate(d) – (v) to commit sacrilege, treat irreverently; to contaminate,
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Desist,
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Desist – (v) to cease doing something, forbear
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disconcert,
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Disconcert(ed) – (v) to confuse; to disturb the composure 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, unimportant
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Infraction,
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(n) a breaking of a law or obligation
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mitigate,
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(v) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force
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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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(v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
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