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bkhs 12/G unit 15
sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level g unit 15
Question | Answer |
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amenity | that which is pleasant or agreeable |
aperture | an opening, gap, hole |
dissidence | a difference of opinion |
epicurean | devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food |
improvident | not thrifty; failing to plan ahead |
iniquity | wickedness, sin |
inviolable | sacred, of such a character that it must not be broken, injured or profaced |
mutable | open to or capable of change, fickle |
nascent | just beginning to exist or develop |
obeisance | a deep bow or other movement indicating respect or submission |
panegyric | formal or elaborate praise |
pillory | a device for publicly punishing offenders |
pittance | a woefully meager allowance or wage |
presage | to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; a warning of the future |
progeny | descendants, offspring |
promulgate | to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide |
rectitude | uprightness, correctness |
restive | restless, hard to manage |
seraphic | angelic, heavenly |
subsist | to have existence, to remain alive |