VOCAB. UNIT
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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