Unit 6 vocabulary Flashcards

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abject

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

SYNONYMS: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter
ANTONYMS: noble, exalted

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agnostic

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

SYNONYM: (n.) doubter
ANTONYM: (n.) believer

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complicity

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

SYNONYMS: connivance, collusion
ANTONYMS: noninvolvement, innocence

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derelict

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(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

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diatribe

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(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

SYNONYMS: harangue, tirade
ANTONYMS: panegyric, encomium, eulogy

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effigy

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(n.) a crude image of a despised person

SYNONYMS: figure, figurine

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equity

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(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

SYNONYMS: justice, fairness, impartiality
ANTONYMS: unfairness, bias, prejudice

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inane

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(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value

SYNONYMS: idiotic, moronic, fatuous
ANTONYMS: sensible, meaningful, profound

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indictment

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(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

SYNONYMS: charge, accusation

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indubitable

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(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied

SYNONYMS: unquestionable, indisputable
ANTONYMS: questionable, debatable, dubious

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intermittent

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(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

SYNONYMS: fitful, spasmodic, random
ANTONYM: uninterrupted

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moot

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(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students

SYNONYMS: (adj.) debatable, questionable; (v.) broach
ANTONYMS: (adj.) undebatable, indisputable, self-evident

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motif

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

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neophyte

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(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice

SYNONYMS: tenderfoot, tyro
ANTONYMS: veteran, past master, expert, pro

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perspicacity

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(n.) keenness in observing and understanding

SYNONYMS: acumen, discernment
ANTONYMS: dullness, obtuseness

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plenary

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

SYNONYM: unrestricted
ANTONYMS: limited, restricted, incomplete

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surveillance

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(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation

SYNONYMS: observation, monitoring

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sylvan

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

SYNONYM: arcadian

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testy

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(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

SYNONYMS: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant
ANTONYMS: imperturbable, unexcitable

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travesty

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

SYNONYMS: (n.) burlesque, caricature, farce