Unit 6 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
0
Q

Agnostic

A

(N) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic
(Adj) without faith, skeptical

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

Abject

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Complicity

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Derelict

A

(N) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected

(Adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Diatribe

A

(N) A bitter and prolonged verbal attack

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Effigy

A

(N) A crude image of a despise person

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Equity

A

(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.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Inane

A

(Adj) silly, empty of meaning or value

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Indictment

A

(N) The act of accusing; a formal accusation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Indubitable

A

(Adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Intermittent

A

(Adj). Stopping into beginning again, sporadic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Moot

A

(Adj) Open to discussion and debate, unresolved
(V) to bring up for discussion
(N) hypothetical law case argued by students

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Motif

A

(N) The principal idea, feature, theme, or element; A repeated or dominant figure in a design

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Neophyte

A

(N) a novice; beginner

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Perspicacity

A

(N) keenness in observing and understanding

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Plenary

A

(Adj) complete in all aspects; absolute

16
Q

Surveillance

A

(N) a watch kept over a person; disciplined observation

17
Q

Sylvan

A

(Adj) heavily wooded area; characteristic of forests

18
Q

Testy

A

(Adj) easily irritated

19
Q

Travesty

A

(N) grotesque or inferior imitation

(V) to ridicule though imitation