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Unit Six
First Semester Vocab
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English
10th Grade
01/15/2009

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Term
abject
Definition

(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

 

s: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter

a: lofty, noble, exalted

Term
agnostic
Definition

(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith, skeptical

 

s: doubter

a: believer

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complicity
Definition

(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

 

s: connivance, collusion

a: noninvolvement, innocence

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derelict
Definition

(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected: (adj.) left abandoned: neglected of duty

 

s: vagrant, remiss, delinquent

a: punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous

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diatribe
Definition

(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

 

s: harangue, encomium, eulogy

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effigy
Definition
(n.) a crude image or a despised person
Term
equity
Definition

(n.) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim

s: justice, fairness, impartiality

a: injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice

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inane
Definition

(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value

 

s: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous

a: sensible, meaningful, profound

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indictment
Definition

(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

 

s: charge, accusation

Term
indubitable
Definition

(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied

 

s: unquestionable, indisputable

a: questionable, debatable, dubious

Term
intermittent
Definition

(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

 

s: fitful, spasmodic, random

a: continuous, uninterrupted

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moot
Definition

(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved: (v.) to bring up for discussion (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students

 

s: debatable, questionable, broach

a: undebatable, indisputable, self-evident

Term
motif
Definition

(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

Term
neophyte
Definition

 (n.) a new convert, beginner, novice

 

s: tenderfoot, lyro, rookie

a: veteran, past master, expert, pro

Term
perspicacity
Definition

(n.) keenness in observing and understanding

 

s: acuity, acumen, discernment

a: dullness, obtuseness

Term
plenary
Definition

(adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members

 

s: unlimited, unrestricted

a: limited, restricted, incomplete

Term
surveillance
Definition

(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, adn disciplined observation

 

s: observation, scrutiny, monitoring

Term
sylvan
Definition

(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody

 

s: forested, arcadian

Term
testy
Definition

(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

 

s: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

a: even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable

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

 

s: burlesque, parody, caricature, farce

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