Unit 6 AP Lang Vocab

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abject

(adj) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

SYNONYMS: wretched, miserable, ignoble

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agnostic

(n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj) without faith, skeptical

SYNONYM: doubter

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complicity

(n) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

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derelict

(n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty

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diatribe

(n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

SYNONYM: tirade

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effigy

(n) a crude image of a despised person

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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 any mortgage or other claim

SYNONYMS: justice, fairness

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inane

(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value

SYNONYMS: idiotic, moronic

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indictment

(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

SYNONYMS: charge, accusation

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indubitable

(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied

SYNONYMS: unquestionable, indiputable

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intermittent

(adj) stopping and beginning again; sporadic

SYNONYMS: fitful, spasmodic, random

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moot

(adj) open to discussion and debate; unresolved (v) to bring up for discussion; (n) a hypothetical law case argued by students

SYNONYMS: (adj) debatable, questionable

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motif

(n) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

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neophyte

(n) a new convert, beginner, novice

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perspicacity

(n) keenness in observing and understanding

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plenary

(adj) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members

SYNONYMS: unrestricted

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surveillance

(n) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation

SYNONYMS: observation, monitoring

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sylvan

(adj) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody

SYNONYM: arcadian

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testy

(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

SYNONYM: irritable

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travesty

(n) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion

SYNONYMS: caricature, farce

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