Vocab #15

that which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features, customs, etc.

amenity

an opening, gap, hole; orfice

aperture

a difference of opinion; discontent

dissidence

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

epicurean

not thrifty; failing to plan ahead

improvident

wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act

iniquity

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

inviolable

open to or capable of change, fickle

mutable

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

nascent

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

obeisance

formal or elaborate praise; a tribute

panegyric

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

pillory

a woefully meager allowance, wage or portion

pittance

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

presage

descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples

progeny

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

promulgate

uprightness, righteousness; correctness

rectitude

restless, hard to manage, balky

restive

angelic, heavenly, celestial

seraphic

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

subsist