Stadlier Oxford G Word Scramble
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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 |
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