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Unit 6 Level G
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abject | (adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved S:wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter |
| Agnostic | (n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith, skeptical S:doubter |
| Complicity | (n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice S: connivance, collusion |
| Derelict | (n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful S: vagrant, remiss, delinquent |
| Diatribe | (n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack S: harangue, tirade |
| Effigy | (n.) a crude image of a despised person S: 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 S: justice, fairness, impartiality |
| Inane | (adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value S: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous |
| Indictment | (n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation S: charge, accusation |
| Indubitable | (adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied S: unquestionable, indisputable |
| Intermittent | (adj.) stopping and beginning again; sporadic S: fitful, spasmodic, random |
| Moot | (adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students (adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved, (v.) to bring up for discussion S:debatable, questionable, broach |
| Motif | (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
| Neophyte | (n.) a new convert, beginner, novice S: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie |
| Perspicacity | (n.) keenness in observing and understanding S: acuity,acumen, discernment |
| Plenary | (adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members S: unlimited, unrestricted |
| Surveillance | (n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation S:observation, scrutiny, monitoring |
| 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 S: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant |
| 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 S: burlesque, parody, caricature, farce |
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