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