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abject
Degraded; base contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
agnostic
One who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic
complicity
Involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
derelict
Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
diatribe
A bitter and prolonged verbal attack
effigy
A crude image of a despised person
equity
The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair
inane
Silly, empty of meaning or value
indictment
The act of accusing; a formal accusation
indubitable
Certain, not to be doubted or denied
intermittent
Stopping and beginning again; sporadic
moot
Adj - open to discussion and debate, unresolved. V - to bring up for discussion. N - a hypothetical law case argued by students
motif
A principal idea, feature, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
neophyte
A new convert, beginner, novice
perspicacity
Keenness in observing and understanding
plenary
Complete in all aspects of essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
surveillance
A watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
sylvan
Pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest
testy
Easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
travesty
N - A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise. V - to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion.
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