Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 15 Definitions 12th Grade Level G
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| Amenity | n. that which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features, customs
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| Aperture | n. an opening, gap, hole; orifice
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| Dissidence | n. a difference of opinion; discontent
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| Epicurean | adj. devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating taste. n. a person with discriminating taste
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| Improvident | adj. not thrifty, failing to plan ahead
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| Iniquity | n. wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act
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| Inviolable | adj. sacred, of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned
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| Mutable | adj. open to a capable of change, fickle
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| Nascent | adj. just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence
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| Obeisance | n. a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage
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| Panegyric | n. formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
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| 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
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| Pittance | n. a woefully meager allowance, wage or portion
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| Presage | v. to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; n. a warning or indication of the future
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| Progeny | n. descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
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| Promulgate | v. to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide
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| Rectitude | n. uprightness, righteousness, correctness
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| Restive | adj. restless, hard to manage, balky
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| Seraphic | adj. angelic, heavenly, celestial
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| Subsist | v. to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue
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