abject
(adj) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
SYNONYMS: wretched, miserable, ignoble
agnostic
(n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj) without faith, skeptical
SYNONYM: doubter
complicity
(n) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
derelict
(n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
diatribe
(n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
SYNONYM: tirade
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 any mortgage or other claim
SYNONYMS: justice, fairness
inane
(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value
SYNONYMS: idiotic, moronic
indictment
(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
SYNONYMS: charge, accusation
indubitable
(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied
SYNONYMS: unquestionable, indiputable
intermittent
(adj) stopping and beginning again; sporadic
SYNONYMS: fitful, spasmodic, random
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
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
SYNONYMS: unrestricted
surveillance
(n) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
SYNONYMS: observation, monitoring
sylvan
(adj) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
SYNONYM: arcadian
testy
(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
SYNONYM: irritable
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