Vocab Unit 6

abject

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

agnostic

(n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; 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 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

inane

(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value

indictment

(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

indubitable

(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied

intermittent

(adj) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

moot

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

motif

(n) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

neophyte

(n) a new convert, beginner, novice

perspicacity

(n) keenness in observing and understanding

plenary

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

surveillance

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

sylvan

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

testy

(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

travesty

(n) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; (v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion