Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 15
Word List
- amenity
(n.) that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc. - panegyric
(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute - aperture
(n.) an opening, gap, hole; orifice - 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 - dissidence
(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent - pittance
(n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion - epicurean
(adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; (n.) a person with discriminating tastes - presage
(v.) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; (n.) a warning or indication of the future - improvident
(adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead - progeny
(n.) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples - iniquity
(n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act - promulgate
(v.) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide - inviolable
(adj.) sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned - rectitude
(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness - mutable
(adj.) open to or capable of change, fickle - restive
(adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky - nascent
(adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence - seraphic
(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial - obeisance
(n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage - subsist
(v.) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue