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amenity |
that which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features, customs, etc. |
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aperture |
an opening, gap, hole; orifice |
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dissidence |
a difference of opinion; discontent |
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epicurean |
devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; a person with discriminating tastes |
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improvident |
not thrifty; failing to plan ahead |
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iniquity |
wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act |
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inviolable |
sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned |
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mutable |
open to or capable of change, fickle |
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nascent |
just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence |
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obeisance |
a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage |
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panegyric |
formal or elaborate praise; a tribute |
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pillory |
a device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule; to expose to public contempt or ridicule |
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pittance |
a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion |
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presage |
to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; a warning or indication of the future |
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progeny |
descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples |
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promulgate |
to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide |
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rectitude |
uprightness, righteousness; correctness |
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restive |
restless, hard to manage, balky |
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seraphic |
angelic, heavenly, celestial |
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subsist |
to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue |
