Level G Unit 6

abject

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

syn: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter

ant: noble, exalted

agnostic

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

syn: doubter

ant: believer

complicity

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

syn: connivance, collusion

ant: noninvolvement, innocence

derelict

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

syn: vagrant, delinquent

ant: punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous

diatribe

(n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

syyn: harangue, tirade

ant: panegyric, encomium, eulogy

effigy

(n) a crude image of a despised person

syyn: figure, figurine

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 claim

syn: justice, fairness, impartiality

ant: unfairness, bias, prejudice

inane

(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value

syn: idiotic, moronic, fatuou

ant: sensible, meaningful, profound

indictment

(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

syn: charge, accusation

indubitable

(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied

syn: unquestionable, indisputable

ant: questionable, debatable, dubious

intermittent

(adj) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

syn: fitful, spasmodic, random

ant: uninterrupted

moot

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

syn: debatable, questionable, broach

ant: undebatable, indisputable, self-evident

motif

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

neophyte

(n) a new convert, beginner, novice

syn: tenderfoot, tyro

ant: veteran, past master, expert, pro

perspicacity

(n) keenness in observing and understanding

syn: acumen, discernment

ant: dullness, obtuseness

plenary

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

syn: unrestricted

ant: limited, restricted, incomplete

surveillance

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

syn: observation, monitoring

sylvan

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

syn: arcadian

testy

(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

syn: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

ant: imperturbable, unexcitable

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

syn: burlesque, caricature, farce