AUSTERE (Adj.)

Meaning- 1) Simple and suggesting strict self-denial.

                        2) rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent.

                        3) Severely plain in design or lines, without distractions or decoration.

                        4) Suggesting physical hardship in order to get profit.

Mnemonic trick- The word abandon contains word ‘ban’. when something gets banned we abandon that thing. Therefore, abandon means to leave and never return to something.

Synonym- STRICT, STERN, SEVERE

Uses-

•          Greece is being forced to establish more austere expenditures because of their monetary debts.
•          Harry was an austere man with a rigidly strict lifestyle.
•          Some austere people are very self-controlled and serious or even sad and gloomy.
•          They live an austere quality of life in the convent.