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Answer |
| (n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God (adj.) without faith, skeptical |
agnostic |
| (n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty |
derelict |
| (n.) a crude image of a despised person |
effigy |
| (adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value |
inane |
| (adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied |
indubitable |
| (adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved (v.) to bring up for discussion (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students |
moot |
| (n.) a new convert, beginner, novice |
neophyte |
| (adj.) complete in all aspects and essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members |
plenary |
| (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody |
sylvan |
| (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 |
travesty |
| (adj.) beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility |
bestial |
| (n.) a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest |
coterie |
| (v.) to object or take exception to (n.) an objection |
demur |
| (v.) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details |
embellish |
| (adj.) appropiate, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy |
felicitous |
| (adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way |
garish |
| (adj.) needy, impoverished |
indigent |
| (v.) to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome |
jettison |
| (adj.) very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied |
pertinacious |
| (n.) clothing, garment |
raiment |
| (adj.) thoroughgoing, out and about; shameless, blatant |
arrant |
| (v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; make consistent |
conciliate |
| (n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement |
echelon |
| (adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
fatuous |
| (n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
juggernaut |
| (n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with repsonses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list |
litany |
| (n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth |
paucity |
| (v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out |
raze |
| (v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully |
saturate |
| (v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud (n.) a mire, a state of depression |
slough |
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