Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Sadlier-Oxford Vocab level G6
g6 vocab workshop
22
General Vocab
11th Grade
03/29/2007

Additional General Vocab Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
abject
Definition
adj. degraded, wretched; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
Term
agnostic
Definition
n. one who believes that nothing is known about god; a skeptic; adj. without faith, skeptical
Term
complicity
Definition
n. involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
Term
derelict
Definition
n. someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; adj. left abandoned; neglectful of duty
Term
diatribe
Definition
n. a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
Term
effigy
Definition
n. a crude image of a despised person
Term
equity
Definition
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
Term
inane
Definition
adj. silly, empty of meaning or value
Term
indictment
Definition
n. the act of accusing; a formal accusation
Term
indubitable
Definition
adj. certain, not to be doubted or denied
Term
intermittent
Definition
adj. stopping and beginning again, sporadic
Term
prestigious
Definition
adj. having a highly favorable reputation, of high standing, commanding respect
Term
moot
Definition
adj. open to discussion and debate, unresolved; v. to bring up for discussion; n. a hypothetical law case argued by students
Term
motif
Definition
n. a principal idea or feature; a repeated or dominant figure in a decision
Term
neophyte
Definition
n. a new convert, beginner, novie
Term
perspicacity
Definition
n. keenness in observing and understanding
Term
plenary
Definition
adj. complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
Term
meretricious
Definition
adj. superficially attractive in a showy, cheap, or vulgar way; lacking sincerity; sham, spurious
Term
surveillance
Definition
n. a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
Term
sylvan
Definition
adj. pertaining to or characteristics of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
Term
testy
Definition
adj. easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
Term
travesty
Definition
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
Supporting users have an ad free experience!