Sadlier Unit 6 Level G Flashcards
(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
abject
(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith, skeptical
agnostic
(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
complicity
(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
derelict
(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
diatribe
(n) a crude image of a despised person
effigy
(n.) 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
equity
(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value
inane
(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
indictment
(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied
indubitable
(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic
intermittent
(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students
moot
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
motif
(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice
neophyte
(n.) keenness in observing and understanding
perspicacity
