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Stadlier Oxford G
WCHS Unit 15-G
| Word | definition |
|---|---|
| amenity | (n) that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl) attractive features, customs, etc. |
| aperture | (n) an opening, gap, hole; orifice |
| dissidence | (n) a difference of opinion; discontent |
| epicurean | (adj) devoted to the pursiut of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating taste; (n) a person with discriminating tastes |
| improvident | (adj) not thrify; failing to plan ahead |
| iniquity | (n) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act |
| inviolable | (adj) sacred; of such a character that it must not be groken, injured, or profaned |
| mutable | (adj) open to or capable of change, fickle |
| nascent | (adj) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence |
| obeisance | (n) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deferencve, homage |
| panegyric | (n) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute |
| 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 |
| pittance | (n) a woefully meager allowance, wge, or portion |
| presage | (v) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; (n) a warning or indication of the future |
| progeny | (n) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples |
| promulgate | (v) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide |
| rectitude | (n) uprighness, righteousness; correctness |
| restive | (adj) restless, hard to manage, balky |
| seraphic | (adj) angelic, heavenly, celestial |
| subsist | (v) to have existence; to remain alive, mangage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue |