Unit 6 Flashcards
Agnostic
(N) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic
(Adj) without faith, skeptical
Abject
(Adj) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
Complicity
(N) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
Derelict
(N) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
(Adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
Diatribe
(N) A bitter and prolonged verbal attack
Effigy
(N) A crude image of a despise person
Equity
(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.
Inane
(Adj) silly, empty of meaning or value
Indictment
(N) The act of accusing; a formal accusation
Indubitable
(Adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied
Intermittent
(Adj). Stopping into beginning again, sporadic
Moot
(Adj) Open to discussion and debate, unresolved
(V) to bring up for discussion
(N) hypothetical law case argued by students
Motif
(N) The principal idea, feature, theme, or element; A repeated or dominant figure in a design
Neophyte
(N) a novice; beginner
Perspicacity
(N) keenness in observing and understanding