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Unit 6 Vocab
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11th Grade
01/10/2013

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Abject
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Degraded; base, comtemptible
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Agnostic
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One who believs that nothing can be known about God
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Complicity
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Involvement in wrongdoing, accomplice
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Derelict
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Someone or something that is abandned or neglected
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Diatribe
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A bitter or prolonged verbal attack
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Effigy
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A crude image of a despised person
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Equity
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The state or quality of being just, fair, impartial
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Inane
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Silly, empty of meaning or value
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Indictment
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The act of ussing; a formal accusation
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Indubitable
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Certain, not to be doubted or denied
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Intermittent
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Stopping and beginning again, sporadic
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Moot
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Open to discussion and debate, unresolved
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Motif
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A principal idea, feature, theme, or element
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Neophyte
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A new convert, beginner, novice
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Perpicacity
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Keenness in observing and understanding
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Plenary
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Complete in all aspects or essentials
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Surveillance
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A watch kept over a person
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Sylvan
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Pertaining to or characteristic of forests
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Testy
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Easily irritated
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Travesty
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A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, transgender
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