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ENG 130 - unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abject | (adj) servile; degraded; base; contemptible; cringing; completed & unrelieved ex: In the American dream, those who work hard can escape lives of _______ poverty. syn: ignoble, sheer, utter; wretched, miserable ant: lofty, noble, exalted |
| agnostic | (n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic (adj) without faith, skeptical syn: (n) doubter ant: (n) believer |
| complicity | (n) involvement in wrongdoing, the state of being an accomplice syn: connivance, collusion ant: noninvolvement, innocence |
| derelict | (n) someone/something that is abandoned/neglected (adj) left abandoned, neglectful of duty syn: (n) vagrant (adj) remiss, deliquent ant: (adj) punctilious, conscientous, scrupulous |
| diatribe | (n) a bitter, prolonged verbal attack syn: harangue, tirade ant: panegyric, encomium, eulogy |
| effigy | (n) a crude image of a despised person ex: The night before the battle, the troops burned the despised enemy leader's ______. syn: figure, figurine, likeness |
| equity | (n) the state/quality of being just fair/impartial; fair/equal treatment; money value of property above/beyond mortgage claim syn: justice, fairness, impartiality ant: injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice |
| inane | (adj) silly, empty of meaning or value syn: fatous, vapid, idiotic, moronic ant: sensible, meaningful, profound |
| indictment | (n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation syn: charge, accusation |
| indubitable | (adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied syn: unquestionable, indisputable ant: dubious, questionable, debatable |
| intermittent | (adj) stopping and beginning again; sporadic syn: spasmodic, fitful, random ant: continuous, uninterrupted |
| moot | (adj) open to discussion/debate; unresolved (v) to bring up for discussion (n) hypothetical law case syn: (v) breach (adj) questionable, debatable ant: (adj) self-evident undisputable |
| motif | (n) a practical idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated/dominant figure in design |
| neophyte | (n) a new convert; beginner; novice syn: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie ant: veteran, past master, expert, pro |
| perspicacity | (n) keenness in observing & understanding syn: acuity, acument, discernment ant: dullness, obtuseness |
| plenary | (adj) complete in all aspects/essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members syn: unlimited, unrestricted ant: limited, restricted, incomplete |
| surveillance | (n) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, disciplined observation syn: observation, scrutiny, monitoring |
| sylvan | (adj) pertaining to or characteristic of forests, living/located in a forest; wooded or woody syn: forested, arcadian |
| testy | (adj) easily irritated, characterized by impatience and exasperation syn: petulant, waspish, peevish, irritable ant: imperturable, even-tempered, unexcitable |
| travesty | (n) a grotesque/grossly inferior imitation; a disguise (esp. the clothing of opp. sex) syn: (n) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce |
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