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Dive into Unit 15 of our vocabulary series, focusing on advanced terms that enhance your language skills. This unit features a range of words, such as "amenity," "aperture," and "dissidence," along with their definitions and usage. Expand your understanding of words like "epicurean," "improvident," and "iniquity," while exploring various parts of speech like nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Whether for academic, professional, or personal growth, this unit is perfect for anyone looking to refine their vocabulary and express themselves more eloquently.
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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 (adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes (n.) a person with discriminating tastes
Improvident (adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead
Iniquity (n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act
Inviolable (adj.) sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned.
Mutable (adj.) open to or capable of change, fickle
Nascent (adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence.
Obeisance (n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage.
Panegyric (n.) a formal or elaborate praise, a tribute.
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.
Pittance (n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion.
Presage (v.) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict (n.) a warning or indication of the future
Progeny (n.) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples.
Promulgate (v.) to proclaim or issue officially, to make known far and wide.
Rectitude (n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness
Restive (adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky
(adj) angelic, heavenly, celestial Seraphic
subsist (v.) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life, to persist or continue.