Unit 6 vocabulary

Question 1

abject

Answer 1

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

SYNONYMS: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter
ANTONYMS: noble, exalted

Question 2

agnostic

Answer 2

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

SYNONYM: (n.) doubter
ANTONYM: (n.) believer

Question 3

complicity

Answer 3

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

SYNONYMS: connivance, collusion
ANTONYMS: noninvolvement, innocence

Question 4

derelict

Answer 4

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

SYNONYMS: (n.) vagrant; (adj.) delinquent
ANTONYMS: (adj.) punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous

Question 5

diatribe

Answer 5

(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

SYNONYMS: harangue, tirade
ANTONYMS: panegyric, encomium, eulogy

Question 6

effigy

Answer 6

(n.) a crude image of a despised person

SYNONYMS: figure, figurine

Question 7

equity

Answer 7

(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

SYNONYMS: justice, fairness, impartiality
ANTONYMS: unfairness, bias, prejudice

Question 8

inane

Answer 8

(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value

SYNONYMS: idiotic, moronic, fatuous
ANTONYMS: sensible, meaningful, profound

Question 9

indictment

Answer 9

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

SYNONYMS: charge, accusation

Question 10

indubitable

Answer 10

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

SYNONYMS: unquestionable, indisputable
ANTONYMS: questionable, debatable, dubious

Question 11

intermittent

Answer 11

(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

SYNONYMS: fitful, spasmodic, random
ANTONYM: uninterrupted

Question 12

moot

Answer 12

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

SYNONYMS: (adj.) debatable, questionable; (v.) broach
ANTONYMS: (adj.) undebatable, indisputable, self-evident

Question 13

motif

Answer 13

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

Question 14

neophyte

Answer 14

(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice

SYNONYMS: tenderfoot, tyro
ANTONYMS: veteran, past master, expert, pro

Question 15

perspicacity

Answer 15

(n.) keenness in observing and understanding

SYNONYMS: acumen, discernment
ANTONYMS: dullness, obtuseness

Question 16

plenary

Answer 16

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

SYNONYM: unrestricted
ANTONYMS: limited, restricted, incomplete

Question 17

surveillance

Answer 17

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

SYNONYMS: observation, monitoring

Question 18

sylvan

Answer 18

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

SYNONYM: arcadian

Question 19

testy

Answer 19

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

SYNONYMS: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant
ANTONYMS: imperturbable, unexcitable

Question 20

travesty

Answer 20

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

SYNONYMS: (n.) burlesque, caricature, farce