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Vocab Unit 5
vocab unit 6
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12th Grade
12/09/2010

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Abjet
Definition

degraded, base contemptible, cringing servile complete and unrelived

 

S- wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter

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agnostic
Definition

one who believes that nothing can be know about god a skeptic

 

s- doubter

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complicity
Definition

involvement in wrongdoing, the state of being an accomplice

 

s-connivance, collusion

 

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derelict
Definition

someone or something that is abandoned or neglected

 

s- vagrant, remiss, delinquent

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diatribe
Definition

a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

 

s- harangue, tirade

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effigy
Definition

a crude image of a despised person

 

s- figure, figurine, likeness

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equity
Definition

the state of quality of being just fair or impartial fair and equal treatment something that is fair the money value of a property above and beyond andy mortgage or other claim


s- justice, fairness, impartiality

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inane
Definition

silly, empty of meaning or value

 

s- vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous

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indictment
Definition

the act of accusing, a formal accusation

 

s- charge, accusation

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indubitable
Definition

certain, not to be doubted or denied

 

s- unquestionable, indisputable

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intermittent
Definition

stopping and beginning again, sporadic

 

s- fitful, spasmodic, random

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moot
Definition

open to discussion and debate unresolved, to bring up for discussion a hypothetical law case argued by students

 

s- debatable, questionable, broach 

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motif
Definition
a principal idea feature theme or element a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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neophyte
Definition

a new convert beginner novice

 

s- tenderfoot, tyro, rookie

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perspicacity
Definition

keenness in observing an understanding

 

s- acuity, acumen, discernment 

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plenary
Definition

complete in all aspects or essentials, absolute, attended by all qualified members

 

s- unlimited, unrestricted

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surveillance
Definition

a watch kept over a person careful, close and disciplined observation

 

s- observation, scrutiny, monitoring

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sylvan
Definition

pertaning to or characteristic of forests, living or located in a forest

 

s- forested, arcadian

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testy
Definition

easily irritated, impatience

 

s- irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

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travesty
Definition

a grotesque or grossly inferior irritation a disguise especially the clothing of the opposite sex

 

s- burlesque, parody, caricature, farce

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