Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary level G Unit 15

amenity

that which is pleasant or agreeable, attractive features, customs

Antonyms, unpleasantness, disagreeableness

aperture

the opening, gap, hole, orifice

Antonyms, closure blockage, occlusion

dissidence

a difference of opinion, discontent

Synonyms: disagreement, dissent, disaffection

Antonyms: agreement, harmony, concord

epicurean

devoted to the pursuit of pleasure: fond of good food, comfort, and ease, with discriminating tastes, a person with discriminating tastes

Synonyms: hedonistic, sybaritic, discriminating

Antonyms: ascetic, self-denying, abstemious

improvident

not thrifty, failing to plan ahead

Synonyms: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant

Antonyms: thrifty, frugal, economical, cautious

iniquity

wickedness, sin, a grossly immoral act

Synonyms: evil, crime

Antonyms probity, rectitude, uprightness

inviolable

sacred, of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned

Synonyms: sacrosanct, unassailable

Antonyms: vulnerable, assailable

mutable

open to or capable of change, fickle

Synonyms: changeable, variable

Antonyms: changeless, steadfast, constant

nascent

just beginning to exist or develop, having just come into existence

Synonyms: budding, incipient, embryonic

Antonyms: dying moribund, senescent

obeisance

a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission, deference, homage

Synonyms: respect, honor

Antonyms: disrespect, irreverence, disregard

panegyric

formal or elaborate praise, a tribute

Synonyms: encomium, testimonial

Antonyms: diatribe, tirade, philippic

pillory

a device for publicly punishing offenders, a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule,

Antonyms: praise, extol, laud, acclaim

pittance

a woefully meager allowance, wage or portion

Synonyms: modicum, trifle

Antonyms: fortune

presage

to foreshadow or point to a future event, to predict, a warning or indication of the future

Synonyms: augur, portend, foretell

progeny

descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples

Synonyms: issue, posterity

Antonyms: ancestors, forebears, antecedents

promulgate

to proclaim or issue officially, to make known far and wide

Synonyms: announce

Antonyms: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify

rectitude

uprightness, righteousness, correctness

Synonyms: probity, integrity

Antonyms iniquity, heinousness

restive

restless, hard to manage, balky

Synonyms: uneasy, figety, recalcitrant

Antonyms: serene, unruffled, docile

seraphic

angelic, heavenly, celestial

Synonyms: cherubic

Antonyms: devilish, impish

subsist

to have existence, to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life: to persist or continue

Synonyms: last, survive, sustain