Vocab #8 - Sadlier (level G, unit 6)

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