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Junior Unit 15
Term | Definition | Synonyms | Antonyms |
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dissidence | (n.) a difference of opinion; discontent | disagreement, dissident, disaffection | agreement, harmony, concord |
epicurean | (adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; (n.) a person with discriminating tastes | (adj) hedonistic, sybaritic, discriminating | (adj) ascetic, self-denying, abstemious |
improvident | (adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead | prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant | thrifty, frugal, economical, cautious |
iniquity | (n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act | evil, crime | probity, rectitude, uprightness |
inviolable | (adj.) sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned | sacrosanct, unassailable | vulnerable, assailable |
mutable | (adj.) open to or capable of change, fickle | changeable, variable | changeless, steadfast, constant |
nascent | (adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence | budding, incipient, embryonic | dying, moribund, senescent |
obeisance | (n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage | respect, honor | disrespect, irreverence, disregard |
panegyric | (n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute | tribute, encomium, testimonial | diatribe, tirade, philippic |
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 | (v) praise, extol, laud, acclaim | |
pittance | (n.) woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion | modicum, trifle | fortune |
presage | (v.) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; (n.) a warning or indication of the future | augur, portend, foretell | |
progeny | (n.) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples | issue, posterity | ancestors, forebears, antecedents |
promulgate | (v.) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide | announce | withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify |
rectitude | (n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness | probity, integrity | iniquity, heinousness |
restive | (adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky | uneasy, fidgety, recalcitrant | serene, unruffled, docile |
seraphic | (adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial | cherubic | devilish, impish |
subsist | (v.) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue | last, survive, sustain | |
amenity | (n.) that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc. | unpleasantness, disagreeableness | |
aperture | (n.) an opening, gap, hole; orifice |