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Unit 6 Vocabulary

Terms in this set (20)

Abject
(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
Antonyms: lofty, noble, exalted
Synonyms: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter
Agnostic
(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic (adj.) without
faith, skeptical
Antonyms: (n.) believer
Synonyms: (n.) doubter
Complicity
(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
Antonyms: noninvolvement, innocence
Synonyms: connivance, collusion
Derelict
(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned;
neglectful of duty
Antonyms: (adj.) punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous
Synonyms: (n.) vagrant; (adj.) remiss, delinquent
Diatribe
(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
Antonyms: panegyric, encomium, eulogy
Synonyms: harangue, tirade
Effigy
(n.) a crude image of a despised person
Antonyms:
Synonyms: figure, figurine, likeness
Equity
(n.) A state of quality of being just, fair, impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that
is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
Antonyms: injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice
Synonyms: justice, fairness, impartiality
Inane
(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value
Antonyms: sensible, meaningful, profound
Synonyms: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous
Indictment
(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
Antonyms:
Synonyms: charge, accusation
Indubitable
(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied
Antonyms: questionable, indisputable
Synonyms: unquestionable, indisputable
Intermittent
(adj.) stopping and beginning again; sporadic
Antonyms: continuous, uninterrupted
Synonyms: fitful, spasmodic, random
Moot
(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a
hypothetical law case
Antonyms: (adj.) undebatable, undisputable, self-evident
Synonyms: (adj.) debatable, questionable; (v.) broach
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
Neophyte
(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice
Antonyms: veteran, past master, expert, pro
Synonyms: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie
Perspicacity
(n.) keenness in observing and understanding
Antonyms: dullness, obtuseness
Synonyms: acuity, acumen, discernment
Plenary
(adj.) compete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
Antonyms: limited, restricted, incomplete
Synonyms: unlimited, unrestricted
Surveillance
(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close and disciplined observation
Antonyms:
Synonyms: observation, scrutiny, monitoring
Sylvan
(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
Antonyms:
Synonyms: forested, arcadian
Testy
(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
Antonyms: even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable
Synonyms: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant
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
Antonyms:
Synonyms: (n.) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce
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