Sadlier G Chapter 6-8

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Sadlier Vocabulary Level G.

60 Terms

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abject

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

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agnostic

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

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complicity

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

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derelict

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

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diatribe

(n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

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effigy

(n) a crude image of a despised person

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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

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inane

(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value

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indictment

(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

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indubitable

(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied

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intermittent

(adj) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

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moot

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

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motif

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

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neophyte

(n) a new convert, beginner, novice

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percipacity

(n) keenness in observing and understanding

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plenary

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

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surveillance

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

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sylvan

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

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testy

(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

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travesty

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

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allay

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

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bestial

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

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convivial

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

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coterie

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

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counterpart

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

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demur

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

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effrontery

(n) shameless boldness, impudence

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embellish

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

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ephemeral

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

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felicitous

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

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furtive

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

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garish

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

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illusory

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

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indigent

(adj) needy, impoverished

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inordinate

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

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jettison

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

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misanthrope

(n) a person who hates or despises people

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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

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picayune

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

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raiment

(n) clothing, garments

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allege

(v) to assert without proof or confirmation

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arrant

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

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badinage

(n) light and playful conversation

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concilliate

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

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countermand

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

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46

echelon

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

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exacerbate

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

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fatuous

(adj) foolish in a self-satisfied way

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irrefutable

(adj) impossible to disprove; beyond argument

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juggernaut

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

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lackadaisical

(adj) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

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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

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macabre

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

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paucity

(n) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

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portend

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

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raze

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

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recant

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

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saturate

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

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saturnine

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

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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

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