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vocab unit 15 Flashcards

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

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amenity

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ANT: unpleasantness, disagreeableness

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amenity

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the opening, gap, hole; orifice

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aperture

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ANT: closure, blockage, occlusion

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aperture

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(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent

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dissidence

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SYN: disagreement, disaffection

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dissidence

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ANT: harmony, concord

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dissidence

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

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epicurean

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SYN: (adj.) sybaritic, discriminating

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epicurean

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ANT: (adj.) ascetic, self-denying, abstemious

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epicurean

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(adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead

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improvident

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SYN: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant

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improvident

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ANT: frugal, economical, cautious

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improvident

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

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iniquity

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SYN: evil, crime

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iniquity

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ANT: probity, rectitude, uprightness

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iniquity

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

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inviolable

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SYN: unassailable, sacrosanct

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inviolable

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ANT: vulnerable, assailable

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inviolable

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

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mutable

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SYN: changeable, variable

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mutable

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ANT: changeless, steadfast, constant

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mutable

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

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nascent

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SYN: incipient, embryonic

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nascent

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ANT: dying, moribund, senescent

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nascent

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

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obeisance

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SYN: honor

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obeisance

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ANT: disrespect, irreverence

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obeisance

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(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute

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panegyric

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SYN: tribute, encomium, testimonial

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panegyric

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ANT: tirade, philippic

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panegyric

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(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

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pillory

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ANT: (v.) extol, laud, acclaim

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pillory

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

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pittance

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SYN: trifle, modicum

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pittance

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ANT: fortune

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pittance

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

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presage

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SYN: (v.) augur, foretell

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presage

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

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progeny

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SYN: issue, posterity

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progeny

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ANT: forebears, antecedents

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progeny

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

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promulgate

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SYN: announce

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promulgate

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ANT: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify

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promulgate

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(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness

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rectitude

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SYN: probity, integrity

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rectitude

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ANT: iniquity, heinousness

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rectitude

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(adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky

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restive

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SYN: uneasy, recalcitrant

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restive

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ANT: serene, unruffled, docile

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restive

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(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial

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seraphic

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SYN: cherubic

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seraphic

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ANT: devilish, impish

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seraphic

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

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subsist

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SYN: last, sustain

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subsist

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