| A | B |
|---|
| amenity | that which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features, customs, etc |
| aperture | an opening, gap, hole; orifice |
| dissidence | a difference of opinion; discontent |
| epicurean | devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; a person with discriminating tastes |
| improvident | not thrifty; failing to plan ahead |
| iniquity | wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act |
| inviolable | sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned |
| mutable | open to or capable of change, fickle |
| nascent | just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence |
| obeisance | a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage |
| panegyric | formal or elaborate praise; a tribute |
| pillory | a device for publicly punishing ofenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule; to expose to public contempt or ridicule |
| pittance | a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion |
| presage | to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; a warning or indication of the future |
| progeny | descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples |
| promulgate | to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide |
| rectitude | uprightness, righteousness; correctness |
| restive | restless, hard to manage, balky |
| seraphic | angelic, heavenly, celestial |
| subsist | to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue |
