Unit 6

Question 1

Abject

Answer 1

(Adj.) Degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
Synonyms: Wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter
Antonyms: Noble, exalted

Question 2

Agnostic

Answer 2

(N.) One who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (Adj.) without faith, skeptical
Synonym: (N.) Doubter
Antonym: (N.) Believer

Question 3

Complicity

Answer 3

(N.) Involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
Synonyms: Connivance, collusion
Antonyms: Noninvolvement, innocence

Question 4

Derelict

Answer 4

(N.) Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (Adj.) Left abandoned; neglectful of duty
Synonyms: (N.) Vagrant; (Adj.) Delinquent
Antonyms: (Adj.) Punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous

Question 5

Diatribe

Answer 5

(N.) A bitter and prolonged verbal attack
Synonyms: Harangue, tirade
Antonyms: Panegyric, encomium, eulogy

Question 6

Effigy

Answer 6

(N.) A crude image of a despised person
Synonyms: Figure, figurine

Question 7

Equity

Answer 7

(N.) 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 any mortgage or other claim
Synonyms: Justice, fairness, impartiality
Antonyms: Unfairness, bias, prejudice

Question 8

Inane

Answer 8

(Adj.) Silly, empty of meaning or value
Synonyms: Idiotic, moronic, fatuous
Antonyms: Sensible, meaningful, profound

Question 9

Indictment

Answer 9

(N.) The act of accusing; a formal accusation
Synonyms: Charge, accusation

Question 10

Indubitable

Answer 10

(Adj.) Certain, not to be doubted or denied
Synonyms: Unquestionable, indisputable
Antonyms: Questionable, debatable, dubious