List 6 Flashcards

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Abject

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(adj) deranged; base or contemptible

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Agnostic

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

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Derelict

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(n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
(adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty

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Diatribe

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(n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

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5
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Effigy

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(n) a crude image

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Inane

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(adj) silly; empty of meaning or value

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Indubitable

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(adj) certain; not to be doubted or denied

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Moot

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(adj) unresolved
(v) to bring up for discussion
(n) a hypothetical law case argued by students

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Motif

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

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10
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Neophyte

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(n) a new convert; beginner, novice

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Perspicacity

(per-spi-cac-i-ty)

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(n) keenness in observation and understanding

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Plenary

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

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Sylvan

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

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Indictment

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(n) the act of accusing; formal accusation

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Travesty

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(n) a grotesque or inferior imitation; a disguise
(v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion

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