Quizlet Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary level G Unit 15

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  1. amenity: that which is pleasant or agreeable, attractive features, customs Antonyms, unpleasantness, disagreeableness
  2. aperture: the opening, gap, hol, orifice Antonyms, closure blockage, occlusion
  3. dissidence: a difference of opinion, discontent Synonyms: disagreement, dissent, disaffection Antonyms: agreement, harmony, concord
  4. epicurean: devoted to the pursuit of pleasure: fond of good food, comfort, and ease, with discriminating tastes, a person with discriminating tastes Synonyms: hedonistic, sybaritic, discriminating Antonyms: ascetic, self-denying, abstemious
  5. improvident: not thrifty, failing to plan ahead Synonyms: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant Antonyms: thrifty, frugal, economical, cautious
  6. iniquity: wickedness, sin, a grossly immoral act Synonyms: evil, crime Antonyms probity, rectitude, uprightness
  7. inviolable: sacred, of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned Synonyms: sacrosanct, unassailable Antonyms: vulnerbale, assailable
  8. mutable: open to or capable of change, fickle Synonyms: changeable, variable Antonyms: changeless, steadfast, constant
  9. nascent: just beginning to exist or develop, having just come into existence Synonyms: budding, incipient, embryonic Antonyms: dying moribund, senescent
  10. obeisance: a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission, deference, homage Synonyms: respect, honor Antonyms: disrespect, irreverence, disregard
  11. panegyric: formal or elaborate praise, a tribute Synonyms: encomium, testimonial Antonyms: diatribe, tirade, philippic
  12. pillory: a device for publicly punishing offenders, a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule, Antonyms: praise, extol, laud, acclaim
  13. pittance: a woefully meager allowance, wage or portion Synonyms: modicum, trifle Antonyms: fortune
  14. presage: to foreshadow or point to a future event, to predict, a warning or indication of the future Synonyms: augur, portend, foretell
  15. progeny: descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples Synonyms: issue, posterity Antonyms: ancestors, forebears, antecedents
  16. promulgate: to proclaim or issue officially, to make known far and wide Synonyms: announce Antonyms: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify
  17. rectitude: uprightness, righteousness, correctness Synonyms: probity, integrity Antonyms iniquity, heinousness
  18. restive: restless, hard to manage, balky Synonyms: uneasy, figety, recalcitrant Antonyms: serene, unruffled, docile
  19. seraphic: angelic, heavenly, celestial Synonyms: cherubic Antonyms: devilish, impish
  20. subsist: to have existence, to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life: to persist or continue Synonyms: last, survive, sustain