Sadlier Level G Unit 15

amenity

(n) that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl) attractive features, customs, etc.

aperture

(n) an opening, gap, hole, orifice

dissidence

(n) a difference of opinion, discontent

Syn: disagreement, dissent, disaffection

epicurean

(adj) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure: fond of good food, comfort, and ease, with discriminating tastes; (n) a person with discriminating tastes

Syn: (adj) sybaritic, discriminating

improvident

(adj) not thrifty, failing to plan ahead

Syn: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant

iniquity

(n) wickedness, sin, a grossly immoral act

Syn: evil, crime

inviolable

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

Syn: unassailable

mutable

(adj) open to or capable of change, fickle

Syn: changeable, variable

nascent

(adj) just beginning to exist or develop, having just come into existence

Syn: budding, incipient, embryonic

obeisance

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

Syn: respect, honor

panegyric

(n) formal or elaborate praise, a tribute

Syn: tribute, encomium, testimonial

pillory

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

pittance

(n) a woefully meager allowance, wage or portion

Syn: modicum, trifle

presage

(v) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; (n) a warning or indication of the future

Syn: (v) augur, portend, foretell

progeny

(n) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples

Syn: issue, posterity

promulgate

(v) to proclaim or issue officially, to make known far and wide

Syn: announce

rectitude

(n) uprightness, righteousness, correctness

Syn: probity, integrity

restive

(adj) restless, hard to manage, balky

Syn: uneasy, fidgety, recalcitrant

seraphic

(adj) angelic, heavenly, celestial

Syn: cherubic

subsist

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

Syn: last, survive, sustain