vocab unit 15 Flashcards
that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc.
amenity
ANT: unpleasantness, disagreeableness
amenity
the opening, gap, hole; orifice
aperture
ANT: closure, blockage, occlusion
aperture
(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent
dissidence
SYN: disagreement, disaffection
dissidence
ANT: harmony, concord
dissidence
(adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; (n.) a person with discriminating tastes
epicurean
SYN: (adj.) sybaritic, discriminating
epicurean
ANT: (adj.) ascetic, self-denying, abstemious
epicurean
(adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead
improvident
SYN: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant
improvident
ANT: frugal, economical, cautious
improvident
(n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act
iniquity
SYN: evil, crime
iniquity
ANT: probity, rectitude, uprightness
iniquity
(adj.) sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned
inviolable
SYN: unassailable, sacrosanct
inviolable
ANT: vulnerable, assailable
inviolable
(adj.) open to or capable of change, fickle
mutable
SYN: changeable, variable
mutable
ANT: changeless, steadfast, constant
mutable
(adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence
nascent
SYN: incipient, embryonic
nascent
ANT: dying, moribund, senescent
nascent
(n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage
obeisance
SYN: honor
obeisance
ANT: disrespect, irreverence
obeisance
(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
panegyric
SYN: tribute, encomium, testimonial
panegyric
ANT: tirade, philippic
panegyric
(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
pillory
ANT: (v.) extol, laud, acclaim
pillory
(n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
pittance
SYN: trifle, modicum
pittance
ANT: fortune
pittance
(v.) to foreshadow or point to a future event, to predict; (n.) a warning or indication of the future
presage
SYN: (v.) augur, foretell
presage
(n.) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
progeny
SYN: issue, posterity
progeny
ANT: forebears, antecedents
progeny
(v.) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide
promulgate
SYN: announce
promulgate
ANT: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify
promulgate
(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness
rectitude
SYN: probity, integrity
rectitude
ANT: iniquity, heinousness
rectitude
(adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky
restive
SYN: uneasy, recalcitrant
restive
ANT: serene, unruffled, docile
restive
(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial
seraphic
SYN: cherubic
seraphic
ANT: devilish, impish
seraphic
(v.) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue
subsist
SYN: last, sustain
subsist
