Level G Unit 15

Amenity

(n.) that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc.
ANT: unpleasantness, disagreeableness

Aperture

(n.) the opening, gap, hole; orifice
ANT: closure, blockage, occlusion

Dissidence

(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent
SYN: disagreement, disaffection
ANT: harmony, concord

Epicurean

(adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; (n.) a person with discriminating tastes
SYN: (adj.) sybaritic, discriminating
ANT: (adj.) ascetic, self-denying, abstemious

Improvident

(adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead
SYN: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant
ANT: frugal, economical, cautious

Iniquity

(n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act
SYN: evil, crime
ANT: probity, rectitude, uprightness

Inviolable

(adj.) sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned
SYN: unassailable, sacrosanct
ANT: vulnerable, assailable

Mutable

(adj.) open to or capable of change, fickle
SYN: changeable, variable
ANT: changeless, steadfast, constant

Nascent

(adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence
SYN: incipient, embryonic
ANT: dying, moribund, senescent

Obeisance

(n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage
SYN: honor
ANT: disrespect, irreverence

Panegyric

(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
SYN: tribute, encomium, testimonial
ANT: 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
ANT: (v.) extol, laud, acclaim

Pittance

(n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
SYN: trifle, modicum
ANT: fortune

Presage

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

Progeny

(n.) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
SYN: issue, posterity
ANT: forebears, antecedents

Promulgate

(v.) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide
SYN: announce
ANT: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify

Rectitude

(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness
SYN: probity, integrity
ANT: iniquity, heinousness

Restive

(adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky
SYN: uneasy, recalcitrant
ANT: serene, unruffled, docile

Seraphic

(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial
SYN: cherubic
ANT: devilsh, impish

Subsist

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