vocab 13-15
euphemism
a less offensive term
pittance
a small amount
imminent
about to happen
affront
an insult
aperture
an opening
seraphic
angelic
cognizant
aware
rectitude
being correct
cynosure
center of attention
mutable
changeable
manifest
clear
desiccated
dehydrated
minutae
details
dissidence
disagreement
epicurean
discriminating
opprobrium
disgrace
efficacy
effectiveness
panegyric
eulogy
canard
false rumor
visionary
fantasy
captious
fault-finding
febrile
feverish
blandishment
flattery
nascent
growing
consign
hand down
beatific
happy
obstruse
hard to understand
Cacophonuous
harsh sounding
ethereal
heavenly
behemoth
huge creature
deign
lower oneself
ghoulish
monstrous
innate
natural
progeny
offspring
incongruous
out of place
pariah
outcast
amenity
pleasantness
decourous
proper
nostrum
remedy (medicine)
restive
restless
inviolable
sacred
machination
scheme
coup
seizure of power
wizened
shriveled
contrite
sorry
putative
supposed
moratorium
sus activity
facade
the front of a building
promulgate
to announce
engender
to cause
gansay
to deny
obeisance
to honor
mesmerize
to hypnotize
subsist
to live
presage
to predict
pillory
to punish
chicanery
trickery
loath
unwilling
improvident
wasteful
iniquity
wickedness
