unit 6 vocab

Abject

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

Syn: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter

Agnostic

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

Syn: (n) doubter

Complicity

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

Syn: connivance, collusion

Derelict

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

Syn: (n.) vagrant; (adj.) remiss, delinquent

Diatribe

(N.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

Syn: harangue, tirade

Effigy

(N.) a crude image of a despised person

Syn: figure, figurine, likeness

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.

Syn: justice, fairness, impartiality

Inane

(Adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value

Syn: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous

Indictment

(N.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

Syn: charge, accusation

Indubitable

(Adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied

Syn: unquestionable, indisputable

Intermittent

(Adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

Syn: fitful”

Moot

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

Syn: (adj.) debatable, questionable; (v.) broach

Motif

(N.) a principle idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

Neophyte

(N.) a new convert, beginner, novice

Syn: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie

Perspicacity

(N.) keenness in observing and understanding

Syn: acuity, acumen, discernment

Plenary

(Adj.) complete in all aspects of essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members

Syn: unlimited, unrestricted

Surveillance

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

Syn: observation, scrutiny, monitoring

Sylvan

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

Syn: forested, Arcadian

Testy

(Adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

Syn: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

Travesty

(N.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; and disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion

Syn: (n.) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce