165990745 | affectation | (n.) a habit or mannerism assumed for effect; a pretentious display of manners or sentiments that are not genuine | |
165990746 | amenity | (n.)pleasantness; that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc. | |
165990747 | aperture | (n.) an opening, gap, hole | |
165990748 | dissidence | (n.) a difference of opinion; discontent | |
165990749 | epicurean | (adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; (n.) a person with discriminating tastes | |
165990750 | improvident | (adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead | |
165990751 | iniquity | (n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act | |
165990752 | inviolable | (adj.) sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned | |
165990753 | mutable | (adj.) open to or capable of change, fickle | |
165990754 | nascent | (adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence | |
165990755 | obeisance | (n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage | |
165990756 | panegyric | (n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute | |
165990757 | 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 | |
165990758 | pittance | (n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion | |
165990759 | presage | (v.) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; (n.) a warning or indication of the future | |
165990760 | progeny | (n.) descendants, offspring, children; followers, disciples | |
165990761 | promulgate | (v.) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide | |
165990762 | recrimination | (n.) an exchange of charges or accusations; a bitter retort or countercharge | |
165990763 | rectitude | (n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness | |
165990764 | restive | (adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky | |
165990765 | seraphic | (adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial | |
165990766 | subsist | (v.) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue |
Setzer - AP Comp. - Unit 15
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