Unit 6 Level G Vocab

Abject

Abject

degraded, cringing, complete and unrelieved

SYNONYMS: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter

Agnostic

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

SYNONYM: doubter

Complicity

involvement in wrongdoing - an accomplice

SYNONYMS: connivance, collusion

Derelict

someone or something that is abandoned or neglected

SYNONYM: vagrant / delinquent

Diatribe

a bitter or prolonged verbal attack

SYNONYMS: harangue / tirade

Effigy

a crude image of a despised person

SYNONYMS: figure / figurine

Equity

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

SYNONYMS: justice / fairness / impartiality

Inane

silly - empty of meaning or value

SYNONYMS: idiotic / moronic / fatuous

Indictment

the act of accusing - a formal accusation

SYNONYMS: charge / accusation

Indubitable

certain - not to be doubted or denied

SYNONYMS: unquestionable / indisputable

Intermittent

stopping and beginning again - sporadic

SYNONYMS: fitful / spasmodic / random

Moot

open to discussion and debate - unresolved

SYNONYMS: broach / debatable / questionable

Motif

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

Neophyte

a new convert - beginner - novice

SYNONYMS: tenderfoot / tyro

Perspicacity

keenness in observing and understanding

SYNONYMS: acumen / discernment

Plenary

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

SYNONYM: unrestricted

Surveillance

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

SYNONYMS: observation / monitoring

Sylvan

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

Testy

easily irritated - characterized by impatience and exasperation

SYNONYMS: irritable / peevish / waspish / petulant

Travesty

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

SYNONYMS: burlesque / caricature / farce