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Vocabulary Unit 15

Vocabulary Unit 15. PowerPoint by Vanessa Reynard. Amenity. (n.) That which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc. . Aperture. (n.) an opening, gap, hole; orifice. Dissidence. ( n.) a difference of opinion; discontent. Epicurean.

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Vocabulary Unit 15

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 15 PowerPoint by Vanessa Reynard

  2. Amenity (n.) That which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc.

  3. Aperture (n.) an opening, gap, hole; orifice

  4. Dissidence (n.) a difference of opinion; discontent

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

  6. Improvident (adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead

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

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

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

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

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

  12. Panegyric (n.) a formal or elaborate praise, a tribute.

  13. 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.

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

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

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

  17. Promulgate (v.) to proclaim or issue officially, to make known far and wide.

  18. Rectitude (n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness

  19. Restive (adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky

  20. (adj) angelic, heavenly, celestial Seraphic

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

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