Level G Unit 6 Voc

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abject
(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
Synonyms: wretched, miserable, sheer, utter
Antonyms: noble, exalted
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agnostic
(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic (adj.) without faith, skeptical
Synonym: doubter
Antonym: believer
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complicity
(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
Synonym: collusion
Antonyms: noninvolvement, innocence
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derelict
(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
Synonyms: (n) vagrant (adj) delinquent
Antonyms: (adj.) scrupulous
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diatribe
(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
Synonym: tirade
Antonyms: encomium, eulogy
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effigy
(n.) a crude image of a despised person
Synonyms: figure, figurine
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equity
(n.) the state or quality or 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
(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value
Synonyms: idiotic, moronic
Antonyms: sensible, meaningful, profound
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indictment
(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
Synonyms: charge, accusation
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indubitable
(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied
Synonyms: unquestionable, indisputable
Antonyms: questionable, debatable
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intermittent
(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic
Synonyms: fitful ,random
Antonyms: uninterrupted, steady
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moot
(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved: (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a deliberate assembly; a hypothetical law case argued by students (moot court)
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motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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neophyte
(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice
Synonyms: tenderfoot, tyro
Antonyms: veteran, expert, pro
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perspicacity
(n.) keenness in observing and understanding
Synonyms: acumen, discernment
Antonyms: dullness, obtuseness
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plenary
(adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
Synonym: unrestricted
Antonyms: limited, restricted, incomplete
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surveillance
(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
Synonyms: observation, monitoring
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sylvan
(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
Synonyms: Arcadian
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testy
(adj.) easily irritated, characterized by impatience and exasperation
Synonyms: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant
Antonyms: imperturbable, unexcitable
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travesty
(n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
Synonyms: burlesque, farce
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