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Unit 15 Vocab

TermDefinition
Aperture an opening, gap, hole; orifice
Dissidence a difference of opinion; discontent
Improvident not thrifty; failing to plan ahead
Nascent just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence
Obeisance a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage
Pillory a device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule; to expose to public contempt or ridicule
Pittance a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
Progeny descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
Restive restless, fidgety, hard to manage, balky
Subsist to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue
Amenity that which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features, customs, etc.
Epicurean devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; a person with discriminating tastes
Iniquity wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act
Inviolable sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken injured, or profaned
Mutable open to or capable of change, fickle
Panegyric formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
Presage to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; a warning or indication of the future
Promulgate to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide
Rectitude uprightness, righteousness; correctness
Seraphic angelic, heavenly, celestial
Created by: 25pollijul
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