Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 6

abject

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

Synonyms: wretched, miserable, sheer, utter

Antonyms: noble, exalted

agnostic

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

Synonym: doubter

Antonym: believer

complicity

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

Synonym: collusion

Antonyms: noninvolvement, innocence

derelict

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

Synonyms: (n) vagrant (adj) delinquent

Antonyms: (adj.) scrupulous

diatribe

(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

Synonym: tirade

Antonyms: encomium, eulogy

effigy

(n.) a crude image of a despised person

Synonyms: figure, figurine

equity

(n.) the state or quality or 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: unfairness, bias, prejudice

inane

(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value

Synonyms: idiotic, moronic

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

intermittent

(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

Synonyms: fitful ,random

Antonyms: uninterrupted, steady

moot

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

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

Antonyms: veteran, expert, pro

perspicacity

(n.) keenness in observing and understanding

Synonyms: acumen, discernment

Antonyms: dullness, obtuseness

plenary

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

Synonym: unrestricted

Antonyms: limited, restricted, incomplete

surveillance

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

Synonyms: observation, monitoring

sylvan

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

Synonyms: Arcadian

testy

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

Synonyms: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

Antonyms: 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, farce