inviolable
(adj.) sacred; of such character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned
dissidence
(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent
obeisance
(n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference; homage
epicurean
(adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes
amenity
(n.) pleasantness; that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc.
mutable
(adj.) open to or capable of change, fickle
improvident
(adj.) not thrifty, failing to plan ahead
aperture
(n.) an opening, gap, hole
affectation
(n.) a habit or mannerism assumed for effect; a pretentious display of manners or sentiments that are not genuine
nascent
(adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence
iniquity
(n.) wickedness, sin, a grossly immoral act
subsist
(v.) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; persist or continue
progeny
(n.) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
promulgate
(v.) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide
restive
(adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky
presage
(v.) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; (n.) a warning or indication of the future
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
recrimination
(n.) an exchange of charges or accusations; a bitter retort or countercharge
seraphic
(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial
pittance
(n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
panegyric
(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
rectitude
(n.) uprightness, righteousness, correctness
epicurean
syn: hedonistic, sybaritic, discriminating
obeisance
syn: respect, deference, homage, a bow
presage
syn: to augur, portend, foretell
progeny
syn: children, issue, posterity offspring
promulgate
syn: to proclaim, announce, to issue
subsist
syn: to last, persist, to survive, to sustain
pittance
syn: a modicum, trifle, "peanuts
improvident
syn: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant
seraphic
syn: angelic, cherubic, heavenly, celestial
recrimination
syn: countercharge, retort
affectation
syn: a pose, pretense, mannerism
dissidence
syn: disagreement, dissent, disaffection
nascent
syn: budding, incipient, embryonic
aperture
syn: an opening, gap, orifice, hole
restive
syn: restless, uneasy, fidgety, recalcitrant
panegyric
syn: a tribute, encomium, testimonial
rectitude
syn: probity, integrity, correctness
iniquity
syn: wickedness, evil, a crime, sin
pillory
syn: to expose to public abuse or ridicule
mutable
syn: changeable, variable, fickle
amenity
syn: pleasantness, social conventions
inviolable
syn: sacred, sacrosanct, unassailable
improvident
ant: thrifty, frugal, economical, cautious
aperture
ant: a closure, blockage, occlusion
iniquity
ant: probity, rectitude, uprightness
mutable
ant: changeless, steadfast, constant
panegyric
ant: a diatribe, tirade, philippic
progeny
ant: ancestors, forebears, antecedents
restitude
ant: iniquity, heinousness, moral turpitude
seraphic
ant: devilish, impish
affectation
ant: naturalness, artlessness, sincerity
dissidence
ant: agreement, harmony, concord
nascent
ant: dying, moribund, senescent
pittance
ant: a fortune, a generous allowance
restive
ant: serene, unruffled, docile
amenity
disagreeableness, unpleasantness
epicurean
ant: ascetic, self-denying, abstemious
obeisance
ant: irreverence, disrespect, disregard
inviolable
ant: vulnerable, open to attack, assailable
pillory
ant: to praise, extol, laud, acclaim
promulgate
ant: to withdraw, retract, to abrogate, nullify