Unit 15

Question 0

Aperture

Answer 0

An opening, gap, hole; orifice

Question 1

Amenity

Answer 1

That which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features, customs, etc.

Question 2

Dissidence

Answer 2

A difference of opinion; discontent

Question 3

Epicurean

Answer 3

Devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; a person with discriminating tastes

Question 4

Improvident

Answer 4

Not thrifty; failing to plan ahead

Question 5

Iniquity

Answer 5

Wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act

Question 6

Inviolable

Answer 6

Sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned

Question 7

Mutable

Answer 7

Open to or capable of change, fickle

Question 8

Nascent

Answer 8

Just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence

Question 9

Obeisance

Answer 9

A deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage

Question 10

Panegyric

Answer 10

Formal or elaborate praise; a tribute

Question 11

Pillory

Answer 11

A device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule; to expose to public contempt or ridicule

Question 12

Pittance

Answer 12

A woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion

Question 13

Presage

Answer 13

To foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; a warning or indication of the future

Question 14

Progeny

Answer 14

Descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples

Question 15

Promulgate

Answer 15

To proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

Question 16

Rectitude

Answer 16

Uprightness, righteousness, correctness

Question 17

Restive

Answer 17

Restless, hard to manage, balky

Question 18

Seraphic

Answer 18

Angelic, heavenly, celestial

Question 19

Subsist

Answer 19

To have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue