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Vocab Unit 6 Lvl G
Vocabulary Unit 6 Level G
Term | Definition |
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abject | (adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved |
agnostic | (n.)one who believes that nothnig can be known about god; a skeptic |
complicity | (n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice |
derelict | (n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty |
diatribe | (n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack |
effigy | (n.) a crude image of a despised person |
equity | (n.) the state or quality of being just or fair |
inane | (adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value |
indictment | (n.) 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.) debatable, questionable |
motif | (n.) a principal idea, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
neophyte | (n.) beginner, novice |
perspicacity | (n.) keenness in observing and understanding |
plenary | (adj.) complete in all aspects; absolute |
surveillance | (n.) careful, close, and disciplined observation |
sylvan | (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests |
testy | (adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation |
travesty | (n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation |