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Sadlier G: Unit 15
Vocabulary Pracitce
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amenity | attractive features, customs |
| aperture | an opening, gap, hole |
| dissidence | a difference of opinion |
| epicurean | devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease |
| improvident | failing to plan ahead |
| iniquity | wickedness, sin |
| inviolable | sacred |
| mutable | open to or capable of change |
| nascent | just beginning to exist or develop |
| obeisance | a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect |
| panegyric | formal or elaborate praise; a tribute |
| pillory | to expose to public contempt or ridicule |
| pittance | a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion |
| presage | to foreshadow a future event; to predict |
| progeny | descendants, children, followers, disciples |
| promulgate | to make known far and wide |
| rectitude | uprightness, righteousness |
| restive | restless, hard to manage |
| seraphic | angelic, heavenly |
| subsist | manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue |