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abject
(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
agnostic (n.)
(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic
agnostic (adj.)
(adj.) without faith, skeptical
complicity
(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
derelict (n.)
(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
derelict (adj.)
(adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
diatribe
(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
effigy
(n.) a crude image of a despised person
equity
(n.) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial'; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond mortgage or other claim
inane
(adj.) silly, empty of meaning
indictment
(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
indubitable
(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied
intermittent
(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic
moot (adj.)
(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved
moot (v.)
(v.) to bring up for discussion
moot (n.)
(n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students
motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
neophyte
(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice
perspicacity
(n.) keenness in observing and understanding
plenary
(adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
surveillance
(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
sylvan
(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
testy
(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
travesty (n.)
(n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise
travesty (v.)
(v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
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