Sadlier G Chapter 6-8

Sadlier Vocabulary Level G.

abject

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

agnostic

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

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

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

inane

(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value

indictment

(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

indubitable

(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied

intermittent

(adj) 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

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

neophyte

(n) a new convert, beginner, novice

percipacity

(n) keenness in observing and understanding

plenary

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

surveillance

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

sylvan

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

testy

(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

travesty

(n) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; (v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion

allay

(v) to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lesson or relieve

bestial

(adj) beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

convivial

(adj) festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

coterie

(n) a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest

counterpart

(n) a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement

demur

(v) to object or take exception to; (n) an objection

effrontery

(n) shameless boldness, impudence

embellish

(v) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

ephemeral

(adj) lasting only a short time, short-lived

felicitous

(adj) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

furtive

(adj) done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen

garish

(adj) glaring; tastelessly show yr overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

illusory

(adj) misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality

indigent

(adj) needy, impoverished

inordinate

(adj) far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

jettison

(v) to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

misanthrope

(n) a person who hates or despises people

pertinacious

(adj) very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied

picayune

(adj) of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded

raiment

(n) clothing, garments

allege

(v) to assert without proof or confirmation

arrant

(adj) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

badinage

(n) light and playful conversation

concilliate

(v) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent

countermand

(v) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

echelon

(n) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement

exacerbate

(v) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

fatuous

(adj) foolish in a self-satisfied way

irrefutable

(adj) impossible to disprove; beyond argument

juggernaut

(n) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

lackadaisical

(adj) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

litany

(n) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list

macabre

(adj) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

paucity

(n) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

portend

(v) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

raze

(v) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

recant

(v) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

saturate

(v) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

saturnine

(adj) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

slough

(v) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; (n) a mire; a state of depression