Unit 15 vocabulary

Question 1

amenity

Answer 1

(n.) that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc.

ANTONYMS: unpleasantness, disagreeableness

Question 2

aperture

Answer 2

(n.) an opening, gap, hole; orifice

ANTONYMS: closure, blockage, occlusion

Question 3

dissidence

Answer 3

(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent

SYNONYMS: disagreement, disaffection
ANTONYMS: harmony, concord

Question 4

epicurean

Answer 4

(adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; (n.) a person with discriminating tastes

SYNONYMS: (adj.) sybaritic, discriminating
ANTONYMS: (adj.) ascetic, self-denying, abstemious

Question 5

improvident

Answer 5

(adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead

SYNONYMS: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant
ANTONYMS: frugal, economical, cautious

Question 6

iniquity

Answer 6

(n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act

SYNONYMS: evil, crime
ANTONYMS: probity, rectitude, uprightness

Question 7

inviolable

Answer 7

(adj.) sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned

SYNONYM: unassailable
ANTONYMS: vulnerable, assailable

Question 8

mutable

Answer 8

(adj.) open to or capable of change, fickle

SYNONYMS: changeable, variable
ANTONYMS: changeless, steadfast, constant

Question 9

nascent

Answer 9

(adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence

SYNONYMS: incipient, embryonic
ANTONYMS: dying, moribund, senescent

Question 10

obeisance

Answer 10

(n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage

SYNONYM: honor
ANTONYMS: disrespect, irreverence

Question 11

panegyric

Answer 11

(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute

SYNONYMS: tribute, encomium, testimonial
ANTONYMS: tirade, philippic

Question 12

pillory

Answer 12

(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

ANTONYMS: (v.) extol, laud, acclaim

Question 13

pittance

Answer 13

(n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion

SYNONYM: trifle
ANTONYM: fortune

Question 14

presage

Answer 14

(v.) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; (n.) a warning or indication of the future

SYNONYMS: (v.) augur, foretell

Question 15

progeny

Answer 15

(n.) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples

SYNONYMS: issue, posterity
ANTONYMS: forebears, antecedents

Question 16

promulgate

Answer 16

(v.) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

SYNONYM: announce
ANTONYMS: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify

Question 17

rectitude

Answer 17

(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness

SYNONYMS: probity, integrity
ANTONYMS: iniquity, heinousness

Question 18

restive

Answer 18

(adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky

SYNONYMS: uneasy, recalcitrant
ANTONYMS: serene, unruffled, docile

Question 19

seraphic

Answer 19

(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial

SYNONYM: cherubic
ANTONYM: devilish

Question 20

subsist

Answer 20

(v.) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue

SYNONYMS: last, sustain