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english-vocab-251210
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abject | Degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved |
| Agnostic | One who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith |
| Complicity | Involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice |
| Derelict | Someone or something that's abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty |
| Diatribe | A bitter and prolonged verbal attack |
| Effigy | A crude image of a despised person |
| Equity | The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage value or claim. |
| Inane | Silly, empty of meaning or value. |
| Indictment | The act of accusing; a formal accusation |
| Indubitable | Certain, not to be doubted or denied |
| Intermittent | Stopping and beginning again; sporadic |
| Moot | Open to discussion or debate; To bring up for discussion; Hypothetical law case argued |
| Motif | A principal idea, feature, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
| Neophyte | A new convert, beginner, novice |
| Perspicacity | Keenness in observing and understanding |
| Plenary | Complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members |