vocab level g unit 6

Abject

SYN: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter ANT: lofty, noble, exalted

Agnostic

SYN:doubter ANT: believer

Complicity

SYN: connivance, collusion ANT: noninvolvment, innocence

Derelict

SYN: vagrant, remiss, delinquent ANT: punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous

Diatribe

SYN: harangue, tirade ANT: panegyric, encomium, eulogy

Effigy

SYN: figure, figurine, likeness

Equity

SYN: justice, fairness, impartiality ANT: injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice

Inane

SYN: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous ANT: sensible, meaningful, profound

Indictment

SYN: charge, accusation

Indubitable

SYN: unquestionable, indisputable

ANT: questionable, debatable, dubious

Intermittent

SYN: fitful, spasmodic, random

ANT: continuous, uninterrupted

Moot

SYN: debatable, questionable, broach

ANT: undebatable, indisputable, self evident

Perspicacity

SYN: acuity, acumen, discernment

ANT: dullness, obtuseness

Plenary

SYN: unlimited, unrestricted

ANT: limited, restricted, incomplete

Motif

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

Neophyte

SYN: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie

ANT: veteran, past master, expert, pro

Surveillance

SYN: observation, scrutiny, monitoring

Sylvan

SYN: forested, arcadian

Testy

SYN: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

ANT: even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable

Travesty

SYN: burlesque, parody, caricature, farce