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To proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

- announce

PROMULGATE

That which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features

AMENITY

Formal or elaborate praise; a tribute

- testimonial, encomium

PANEGYRIC

Sacred; of such character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned

- sacrosanct

INVIOLABLE

Angelic, heavenly, celestial

- cherubic

SERAPHIC

Devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; a person with discriminating tastes

- hedonisticEPICUREAN

A device for publicly punishing offenders; a means of exposing one to public contempt or ridicule

PILLORY

Just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence

- budding, embryonic

NASCENT

A difference of opinion; discontent

- disagreement

DISSIDENCE

Open to or capable of change, fickle

- changeable, variable

MUTABLE

Restless, hard to manage, uneasy

- fidgety, recalcitrant

RESTIVE

To have existence; to remain alive; manage to make a living or maintain life- Persist or continue- Last, survive, sustain

SUBSIST

To foreshadow or point to a future event; predict- A warning or

indication of the future

- foretellPRESAGE

Not thrifty; failing to plan ahead

- spendthrift, prodigal

IMPROVIDENT

A deep bow or other body movement indicating deep respect or submission

- homage, deference

OBEISANCE

A woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion

- trifle, modicum

PITTANCE

Wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act

- evil

INIQUITY

Descendants, offspring, children, followers

- posterity

PROGENY

Uprightness, righteousness, correctness

- probity, integrity

RECTITUDE

An opening, gap, hole, or orifice

APERTURE

Iniquity Pillory Inviolable

Obeisance

Pittance Subsist Seraphic

Promulgate

Aperture Presage Epicurean

Nascent

Dissidence

Rectitude

Restive Progeny

Improvident

Panegyric

Mutable Amenity