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Sadlier-Oxford Level G Unit 6
Sadlier-Oxford Level G Unit 6
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12th Grade
12/01/2010

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abject
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(adj) degraded, wretched, miserable
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agnostic
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(n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj) without faith
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complicity
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(n) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
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derelict
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(n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj) neglectful of duty
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diatribe
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(n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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effigy
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(n) a crude image of a despised person
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equity
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(n) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; justice, fairness
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inane
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(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value; vapid, idiotic
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indictment
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(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
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moot
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(adj) debateable, questionable; (v) broach
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motif
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(n) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element
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neophyte
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(n) a new convert, beginner, novice
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perspicacity
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(n) kneenness in observing and understanding
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plenary
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(adj) complete in all aspects or essentials; absoloute; attended by all qualified members
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surveillance
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(n) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
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sylvan
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(adj) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
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testy
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(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
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travesty
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(n) parody, caricature, farce, burlesque
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indubitable
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(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied
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intermittent
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(adj) stopping and beginning again, sporadic
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