6. Sadlier 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; the state of being an accomplice.

(SYN: connivance, collusion)

(ANT: non-involvement, 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.

(SYN: harangue, tirade)

(ANT: panegyric, encomium, eulogy)

Effigy

(n.) A crude image of a despised person.

(SYN: 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 other claim.

(SYN: justice, fairness, impartiality)

(ANT: unfairness, bias, prejudice)

Inane

(Adj.) Silly, empty of meaning or value.

(SYN: idiotic, moronic, fatuous)

(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.) (n.) (v.)

(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 a design.

Neophyte

(n.) A new convert, beginner, novice.

(SYN: tenderfoot, tyro, greenhorn)

(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)