| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abject | degraded; base, contemptible, cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved (syn) wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter (ant) lofty, noble, exalted |
| agnostic | one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical (syn) doubter (ant0 believer |
| complicity | involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice (syn) connivance, collusion (ant) noninvolvement, innocence |
| derelict | someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty (syn) vagrant, remiss, delinquent (ant) punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous |
| diatribe | a bitter and prolonged verbal attack (syn) harangue, tirade (ant) panegyric, encomium, eulogy |
| effigy | a crude image of a despised person (syn) figure, figurine, likeness |
| 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 (syn) justice, fairness, impartiality (ant) injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice |
| inane | silly, empty of meaning or value (syn) vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous (ant) sensible, meaningful, profound |
| indictment | the act of accusing; a formal accusation (syn) charge, accusation |
| indubitable | certain, not to be doubted or denied (syn) unquestionable, indisputable (ant) questionable, debatable, dubious |
| intermittent | stopping and beginning again, sporadic (syn) fitful, spasmodic, random (ant) continuous, uninterrupted |
| moot | open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up; a hypothetical law case argued by students (syn) debatable, questionable; broach (ant) undebatable, indisputable, self evident |
| motif | a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
| neophyte | a new convert, beginning, novice (syn) tenderfoot, tyro, rookie (ant) veteran, past master, expert, pro |
| perspicacity | keenness in observing and understanding (syn) acuity, acumen, discerment (ant) dullness, obtuseness |
| plenary | complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended bu all qualified members (syn) unlimited, unrestricted (ant) limited, restricted, incomplete |
| surveillance | watch kept over a person; careful, close and disciplined observation, scrutiny, monitoring |
| sylvan | pertaining to or characteristics of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody, forested, arcadian |
| testy | easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation (syn) irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant (ant) even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable |
| travesty | a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; tp rodoci;e by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion (syn) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce |
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