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