Unit 6 Sadlier Level G

abject

adj. degraded; despicable or deserving contempt; cringing, servile; complete and monotonous

agnostic

n. a person who believes that nothing can be known about G-d; a skeptic

adj. without faith, skeptical

complicity

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

derelict

n. someone or something that is abandoned or neglected

adj. left abandoned; neglectful of duty

diatribe

n. a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

effigy

n. a crude image of a despised person

equity

n. the state or quality or being fair; fair treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above any mortgage or claim

inane

adj. silly, empty of value

indictment

n. the act of accusing; a formal accusation

indubitable

adj. certain, not to be doubted

intermittent

adj. starting and stopping periodically, sporadic

moot

adj. open for discussion

v. to bring up for discussion

n. a hypothetical law case argued by students

motif

n. a main idea, theme, or element; a repeated figure in a design

neophyte

n. a new convert, beginner

perspicacity

n. keenness in observing and understanding

plenary

adj. complete in all aspect; absolute; attended by all members

surveillance

n. a watch kept over a person; careful observation

sylvan

adj. characteristic of forests; located in a forest

testy

adj. easily irritated; characterized by impatience

travesty

n. an inferior imitation

v. to ridicule by imitating in a burlesque fashion