Unit 6 Level G Vocab

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Abject

degraded, cringing, complete and unrelieved

SYNONYMS: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter

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Agnostic

one who believes that nothing can be known about God, a skeptic

SYNONYM: doubter

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Complicity

involvement in wrongdoing - an accomplice

SYNONYMS: connivance, collusion

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Derelict

someone or something that is abandoned or neglected

SYNONYM: vagrant / delinquent

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Diatribe

a bitter or prolonged verbal attack

SYNONYMS: harangue / tirade

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Effigy

a crude image of a despised person

SYNONYMS: figure / figurine

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Equity

the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial - fair and equal treatment

SYNONYMS: justice / fairness / impartiality

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Inane

silly - empty of meaning or value

SYNONYMS: idiotic / moronic / fatuous

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Indictment

the act of accusing - a formal accusation

SYNONYMS: charge / accusation

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Indubitable

certain - not to be doubted or denied

SYNONYMS: unquestionable / indisputable

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Intermittent

stopping and beginning again - sporadic

SYNONYMS: fitful / spasmodic / random

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Moot

open to discussion and debate - unresolved

SYNONYMS: broach / debatable / questionable

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Motif

a principal idea, feature, theme, or element - a repeated or dominant figure in a design

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Neophyte

a new convert - beginner - novice

SYNONYMS: tenderfoot / tyro

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Perspicacity

keenness in observing and understanding

SYNONYMS: acumen / discernment

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Plenary

complete in all aspects of essentials - absolute - attended by all qualified members

SYNONYM: unrestricted

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Surveillance

a watch kept over a person - careful, close and disciplined observation

SYNONYMS: observation / monitoring

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Sylvan

pertaining to or characteristic of forests - located in a forest - wooded, woody

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Testy

easily irritated - characterized by impatience and exasperation

SYNONYMS: irritable / peevish / waspish / petulant

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Travesty

a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation - a disguise - to ridicule by imitating in a burlesque fashion

SYNONYMS: burlesque / caricature / farce

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