AP Language Vocabulary 15 Flashcards

Vocabulary for Unit 15.

6585137267	amenity	(n.) that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc.	0
6585137268	aperture	(n.) an opening, gap, hole; orifice	1
6585137269	dissidence	(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent	2
6585137270	epicurean	(adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food;comfort and ease; (n.) a person with discriminating taste	3
6585137271	improvident	(adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead	4
6585137272	iniquity	(n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act	5
6585137273	inviolable	(adj.) sacred; of such a character that it might not be broken, injured, or profaned	6
6585137274	mutable	(adj.) open to or capable of change; fickle	7
6585137275	nascent	(adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence	8
6585137276	obeisance	(n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; homage	9
6585137277	panegyric	(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute	10
6585137278	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	11
6585137279	pittance	(n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion	12
6585137280	presage	(v.) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; (n.) a warning or indication of the future	13
6585137281	progeny	(n.) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples	14
6585137282	promulgate	(v.) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide	15
6585137283	rectitude	(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness	16
6585137284	restive	(adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky	17
6585137285	seraphic	(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial	18
6585137286	subsist	(v.) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living of maintain life; to persist or continue	19