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Unit 6
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English
10th Grade
01/30/2010

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Term
abject (adj.)
Definition
- degraded, base
- cringing, servile, complete and unrelieved
SYN: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter
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agnostic (n.)
Definition
- one who believes that nothing can be known about God
- skeptic
- agnostic
SYN: doubter
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complicity (n.)
Definition
- involvemnt in wrongdoing
- state of being accomplice
SYN: connivance, collusion
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derelict (n. and adj.)
Definition
- someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
- left abandoned; neglectful of duty
SYN: vagrant, remiss, delinquent
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diatribe (n.)
Definition
- a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
SYN: harangue, tirade
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effigy (n.)
Definition
- a crude image of a despised person
SYN: figure, figurine, likeness
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equity (n.)
Definition
- the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial
SYN: justice, fairness, impartiality
- fair and equal treatment
- money value of property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
SYN:
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inane (adj.)
Definition
- silly, empty of meaning or value
SYN: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous
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indictment (n.)
Definition
- the act of accusing
- a formal accusation
SYN: charge, accusation
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indubitable (adj.)
Definition
- certain
- not to be doubted or denied
SYN: unquestionable, indisputable
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intermittent (adj.)
Definition
- stopping and beginning again
- sporadic
SYN: fitful, spasmodic, random
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moot (adj. v. and n.)
Definition
- open to discussion and debate, unresolved
- to bring up for discussion
- hypothetical law case argued by students
SYN: debatable, questionable, broach
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motif (n.)
Definition
- principal idea, feature, theme, element
- repeated dominant figure in design
Term
neophyte (n.)
Definition
- a new convert, beginner
SYN: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie
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perspicacity (n.)
Definition
- keenness in observing and understanding
SYN: acuity, acumen, discernment
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plenary (adj.)
Definition
- complete in all aspects
- absolute
- attended by qualified members
SYN: unlimited, unrestricted
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surveillance (n.)
Definition
- watch kept over a person
- careful, close, and disciplined observation
SYN: observation, scrutiny, monitoring
Term
sylvan (adj.)
Definition
- pertaining to or characteristics of forests
- living or located in forest
- wooded
SYN: forested, arcadian
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testy (adj.)
Definition
- easilty irritated
- characterized by impatience and exasperation
SYN: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant
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travesty (n. and v.)
Definition
- grotesque or grossly inferior imitation
- disguise esp. in clothing of opposite sex
- to ridicule by imitating in a broad fashion
SYN: burlesque, parody, caricature, farce
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