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bkhs 12/G unit 15
sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level g unit 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |