Vocabulary Workshop Level G - Unit 15

Amenity

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

Aperture

(n.) an opening, gap, hole; orifice
Synonyms: -
Antonyms: closure, blockage, occlusion

Dissidence

(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent
Synonyms: disagreement, disaffection
Antonyms: 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
Synonyms: (adj.) sybaritic, discriminating
Antonyms: (adj.) ascetic, self-denying, abstemious

Improvident

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

Iniquity

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

Inviolable

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

Mutable

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

Nascent

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

Obeisance

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

Panegyric

(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
Synonyms: tribute, encomium, testimonial
Antonyms: 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
Synonyms: -
Antonyms: (v.) extol, laud, acclaim

Pittance

(n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
Synonyms: trifle
Antonyms: fortune

Presage

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

Progeny

(n.) descendants; offspring, children, followers, disciples
Synonyms: issue, posterity
Antonyms: forebears, antecedents

Promulgate

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

Rectitude

(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness
Synonyms: probity, integrity
Antonyms: iniquity, heinousness

Restive

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

Seraphic

(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial
Synonyms: cherubic
Antonyms: devilish

Subsist

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