vocab unit 15

Question 1

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

Answer 1

amenity

Question 2

ANT: unpleasantness, disagreeableness

Answer 2

amenity

Question 3

the opening, gap, hole; orifice

Answer 3

aperture

Question 4

ANT: closure, blockage, occlusion

Answer 4

aperture

Question 5

(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent

Answer 5

dissidence

Question 6

SYN: disagreement, disaffection

Answer 6

dissidence

Question 7

ANT: harmony, concord

Answer 7

dissidence

Question 8

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

Answer 8

epicurean

Question 9

SYN: (adj.) sybaritic, discriminating

Answer 9

epicurean

Question 10

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

Answer 10

epicurean

Question 11

(adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead

Answer 11

improvident

Question 12

SYN: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant

Answer 12

improvident

Question 13

ANT: frugal, economical, cautious

Answer 13

improvident

Question 14

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

Answer 14

iniquity

Question 15

SYN: evil, crime

Answer 15

iniquity

Question 16

ANT: probity, rectitude, uprightness

Answer 16

iniquity

Question 17

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

Answer 17

inviolable

Question 18

SYN: unassailable, sacrosanct

Answer 18

inviolable

Question 19

ANT: vulnerable, assailable

Answer 19

inviolable

Question 20

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

Answer 20

mutable

Question 21

SYN: changeable, variable

Answer 21

mutable

Question 22

ANT: changeless, steadfast, constant

Answer 22

mutable

Question 23

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

Answer 23

nascent

Question 24

SYN: incipient, embryonic

Answer 24

nascent

Question 25

ANT: dying, moribund, senescent

Answer 25

nascent

Question 26

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

Answer 26

obeisance

Question 27

SYN: honor

Answer 27

obeisance

Question 28

ANT: disrespect, irreverence

Answer 28

obeisance

Question 29

(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute

Answer 29

panegyric

Question 30

SYN: tribute, encomium, testimonial

Answer 30

panegyric

Question 31

ANT: tirade, philippic

Answer 31

panegyric

Question 32

(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

Answer 32

pillory

Question 33

ANT: (v.) extol, laud, acclaim

Answer 33

pillory

Question 34

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

Answer 34

pittance

Question 35

SYN: trifle, modicum

Answer 35

pittance

Question 36

ANT: fortune

Answer 36

pittance

Question 37

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

Answer 37

presage

Question 38

SYN: (v.) augur, foretell

Answer 38

presage

Question 39

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

Answer 39

progeny

Question 40

SYN: issue, posterity

Answer 40

progeny

Question 41

ANT: forebears, antecedents

Answer 41

progeny

Question 42

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

Answer 42

promulgate

Question 43

SYN: announce

Answer 43

promulgate

Question 44

ANT: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify

Answer 44

promulgate

Question 45

(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness

Answer 45

rectitude

Question 46

SYN: probity, integrity

Answer 46

rectitude

Question 47

ANT: iniquity, heinousness

Answer 47

rectitude

Question 48

(adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky

Answer 48

restive

Question 49

SYN: uneasy, recalcitrant

Answer 49

restive

Question 50

ANT: serene, unruffled, docile

Answer 50

restive

Question 51

(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial

Answer 51

seraphic

Question 52

SYN: cherubic

Answer 52

seraphic

Question 53

ANT: devilish, impish

Answer 53

seraphic

Question 54

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

Answer 54

subsist

Question 55

SYN: last, sustain

Answer 55

subsist