Unit 6 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Abject
adj-degraded;base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
Agnostic
noun-one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic
adj- without faith, skepital
Complicity
noun- involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
Derelict
noun- someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
adj- left, abandoned, neglectful of duty
Diatribe
noun- a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
Effigy
noun- a crude image of despised person
Equity
noun- the state of quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above beyond any mortgage or other claim
Inane
adj- silly, empty of meaning or value
indictment
noun- 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
verb- to bring up for discussion
noun- a hypothetical law case argued by students
motif
noun- a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant feature in design
Neophyte
noun- a new convert, beginner, novice
Perspicacity
noun- keenness in observing and understanding
Plenary
adj- complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
Surveillance
noun- 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
noun- a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex
verb- to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
