AP Language & Composition Unit 6 Vocab

abject

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

Synonyms: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter

Antonyms: lofty, noble, exalted

agnostic

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

Synonyms: (n.) doubter

Antonyms: (n.) believer

complicity

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

Synonyms: connivance, collusion

Antonyms: non-involvement, innocence

derelict

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

Synonyms: (n.) vagrant; (adj.) remiss, delinquent

Antonyms: (n.) punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous

diatribe

(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

Synonyms: harangue, tirade

Antonyms: panegyric, encomium, eulogy

effigy

(n.) a crude image of a despised person

Synonyms: figure, figurine, likeness

Equily

(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

Synonyms: justice, fairness, impartiality

Antonyms: injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice

inane

(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value

Synonyms: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous

Antonyms: sensible meaningful, profound

indictment

(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

Synonyms: charge, accusation

indubitable

(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied

Synonyms: unquestionable, indisputable

Antonyms: questionable, debatable, dubious

intermittent

(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

Synonyms: fitful, spasmodic, random

Antonyms: continuous, uninterrupted

moot

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

Synonyms: (adj.) debatable, questionable; (v.) broach

Antonyms: (adj.) un-debatable, 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

Synonyms: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie

Antonyms: veteran, past master, expert, pro

perspicacity

(n.) keenness in observing and understanding

Synonyms: acuity, acumen, discernment

Antonyms: dullness, obtuseness

plenary

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

Synonyms: unlimited, unrestricted

Antonyms: limited, restricted, incomplete

surveillance

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

Synonyms: observation, scrutiny, monitoring

sylvan

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

Synonyms: forested, arcadian

testy

(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

Synonyms: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

Antonyms: even-tempered, 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

Synonyms: burlesque, parody, caricature, farce