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Unit 6 Level G

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Abject   (adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved S:wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter  
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Agnostic   (n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith, skeptical S:doubter  
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Complicity   (n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice S: connivance, collusion  
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Derelict   (n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful S: vagrant, remiss, delinquent  
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Diatribe   (n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack S: harangue, tirade  
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Effigy   (n.) a crude image of a despised person S: figure, figurine, likeness  
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Equity   (n.) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim S: justice, fairness, impartiality  
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Inane   (adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value S: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous  
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Indictment   (n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation S: charge, accusation  
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Indubitable   (adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied S: unquestionable, indisputable  
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Intermittent   (adj.) stopping and beginning again; sporadic S: fitful, spasmodic, random  
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Moot   (adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students (adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved, (v.) to bring up for discussion S:debatable, questionable, broach  
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Motif   (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design  
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Neophyte   (n.) a new convert, beginner, novice S: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie  
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Perspicacity   (n.) keenness in observing and understanding S: acuity,acumen, discernment  
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Plenary   (adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members S: unlimited, unrestricted  
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Surveillance   (n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation S:observation, scrutiny, monitoring  
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Sylvan   (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest, wooded, woody  
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Testy   (adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation S: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant  
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Travesty   (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 S: burlesque, parody, caricature, farce  
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