AP Literature- Unit 15 Vocabulary Flashcards

13726420759	Amenity	that which is pleasant or agreeable; pl.- attractive features, customs, etc.	0
13726424181	Aperture	an opening, gap, hole; orifice	1
13726427937	Dissidence	a difference of opinion; discontent	2
13726442232	Epicurean	devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; n.- a person with discriminating tastes	3
13726447449	Improvident	not thrifty; failing to plan ahead	4
13726466787	Iniquity	wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act	5
13726473750	Inviolable	sacred; of such character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned	6
13726478446	Mutable	open to or capable of change, fickle	7
13726484402	Nascent	just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence	8
13726487808	Obeisance	a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage	9
13726492509	Panegyric	formal or elaborate praise; a tribute	10
13726495725	Pillory	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
13726501419	Pittance	a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion	12
13726512018	Presage	to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; n.- a warning or indication of the future	13
13726517138	Progeny	descendents, offspring, children, followers, disciples	14
13726519745	Promulgate	to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide	15
13726526381	Rectitude	uprightness, righteousness; correctness	16
13726529065	Restive	restless, hard to manage, balky	17
13726533642	Seraphic	angelic, heavenly, celestial	18
13726537136	Subsist	to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue	19