vocab unit 6

Question 1

abject

Answer 1

degraded, miserable, wretched, cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

Question 2

agnostic

Answer 2

one who believes that nothing can be known about God, a skeptic

Question 3

complicity

Answer 3

involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

Question 4

derelict

Answer 4

someone or something that is abandoned or neglected

Question 5

diatribe

Answer 5

bitter and prolonged verbal attack

Question 6

effigy

Answer 6

a crude image of a despised person

Question 7

equity

Answer 7

state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim

Question 8

inane

Answer 8

silly, empty of meaning or value

Question 9

indictment

Answer 9

the act of accusing; a formal accusation

Question 10

indubitable

Answer 10

certain, not to be doubted or denied

Question 11

intermittent

Answer 11

stopping and beginning again; sporadic

Question 12

moot

Answer 12

open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students

Question 13

motif

Answer 13

principal idea, feature, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

Question 14

neophyte

Answer 14

new convert, beginner, novice

Question 15

perspicacity

Answer 15

keenness in observing and understanding

Question 16

plenary

Answer 16

complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members

Question 17

surveillance

Answer 17

a watch keep over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation

Question 18

sylvan

Answer 18

pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody

Question 19

testy

Answer 19

easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

Question 20

travesty

Answer 20

grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise; to ridicule by imitating in a broad fashion