British Literature - Final Sadlier

abject

degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

derelict

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

diatribe

a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

equity

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

indubitable

certain, not to be doubted or denied

intermittent

stopping and beginning again, sporadic

neophyte

a new convert, beginner, novice

perspicacity

keenness in observing and understanding

surveillance

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

testy

easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

agnostic

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

complicity

involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

effigy

a crude image of a despised person

inane

silly, empty of meaning or value

indictment

the act of accusing; a formal accusation

moot

open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students

motif

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

plenary

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

sylvan

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

travesty

a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion