Chapter 6

Question 0

agnostic

Answer 0

noun
one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic;
adjective
without faith, skeptical

Question 1

Abject

Answer 1

Adjective

Degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

Question 2

Complicity

Answer 2

noun

involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

Question 3

derelict

Answer 3

noun
someone or something that is abandoned or neglected;
adjective
left abandoned; neglectful of duty

Question 4

diatribe

Answer 4

noun

a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

Question 5

effigy

Answer 5

noun

a crude image of a despised person

Question 6

equity

Answer 6

noun
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

Question 7

inane

Answer 7

adjective

silly, empty of meaning or value

Question 8

indictment

Answer 8

noun

the act of accusing; a formal accusation

Question 9

indubitable

Answer 9

adjective

certain, not to be doubted or denied

Question 10

intermittent

Answer 10

adjective

stopping and beginning again, sporadic

Question 11

moot

Answer 11

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

Question 12

motif

Answer 12

noun

a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

Question 13

neophyte

Answer 13

noun

a new convert, beginner, novice

Question 14

perspicacity

Answer 14

noun

keenness in observing and understanding

Question 15

plenary

Answer 15

adjective

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

Question 16

surveillance

Answer 16

noun

a watch kept over a person; carful, close, and disciplined observation

Question 17

sylvan

Answer 17

adjective

pertaining to or characteristics of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody

Question 18

testy

Answer 18

adjective

easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

Question 19

travesty

Answer 19

noun
a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex;
verb
to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion.