Sadlier Vocab Book G Unit 6

abject (adj.)

without hope, lacking self respect, degraded, cringing, servile, wretched, miserable, ignoble

agnostic (adj. or n.)

without faith, skeptical/one that believes nothing can be known about God, a skeptic

complicity (n.)

involvement in wrongdoing, being an accomplice, collusion, connivance

derelict (adj. or n.)

abandoned, neglected, someone or something that is abandoned or neglected, vagrant

diatribe (n.)

a bitter and prolonged verbal attack, a tirade, a harangue

effigy (n.)

a crude image of a despised person, a model of a hated figure

equity (n.)

the state of being fair, impartial, justice, fairness, impartiality, everyone gets what the need

inane (adj.)

silly, lack of meaning, idiotic, moronic, fatuous

indictment (n.)

the act of accusing, a formal accusation, a charge

indubitable (n.)

certain, not to be doubted, no to be denied, unquestionable, indisputable

intermittent (adj.)

stopping and starting again, sporadic, fitful, random

moot (adj. or n.)

open to discussion, unresolved, debatable, questionable/a hypothetical law case argued by students

motif (n.)

a principal idea, a feature, a theme, a repeated element

neophyte (n.)

a new convert, beginner, novice, tenderfoot

perspicacity (n.)

keenness in observing and understanding, acumen, discernment, good perception

plenary (adj.)

complete in all aspects or essentials, absolute, attended by all qualified members, unrestricted

surveillance (n.)

a watch kept over a person, close observation, monitoring

sylvan (adj.)

pertaining to forests, living in the forest, woody, arcadian

testy (adj.)

easily irritated, characterized by impatience and exasperation, irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

travesty (n. or v.)

a grotesque imitation, a disguise, a farce, burlesque/to ridicule by imitating in a poor and broad fashion