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abject: degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved (adj.)
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agnostic: one who believes nothing can be known about god; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical (n.) and (adj.)
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complicity: involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice (n.)
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derelict: someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty (n.) and (adj.)
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diatribe: a bitter and prolonged verbal attack (n.)
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effigy: a crude image of a despised person (n.)
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equity: 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 (n.)
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inane: silly, empty of meaning or value (adj.)
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indictment: the act of accusing; a formal accusation (n.)
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indubitable: certain, not to be doubted or denied (adj.)
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intermittent: stopping and beginning again, sporadic (adj.)
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moot: open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students (adj.) and (v.) and (n.)
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motif: a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design (n.)
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neophyte: a new convert, beginner, novice (n.)
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perspicacity: keenness in observing and understanding (n.)
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plenary: complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members (adj.)
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surveillance: a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation (n.)
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sylvan: pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody (adj.)
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testy: easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation (adj.)
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travesty: a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion (n.) and (v.)