Unit 6 Vocab 2008
vocab stuffz
Terms
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- effigy
- a crude image of a despised person
- intermittent
- stopping + beginning again, sporadic
- travesty
- a grotesque/grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad/burlesque fashion
- indubitable
- certain, not to be doubted/denied
- moot
- open to discussion + debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students
- motif
- a principal idea, feature, theme/element; a repeated/dominant figure in a design
- plenary
- complete in all aspects/essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified memebrs
- equity
- the state/quality of being just, fair/impartial; fair + equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above + beyond any mortgage/other claim
- neophyte
- a new convert, beginner, novice
- inane
- silly, empty of meaning/value
- abject
- degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete + unrelieved
- derelict
- someone/something that is abandoned/neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty
- complicity
- involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
- sylvan
- pertaining to/characteristic of forests; living/located in a forest; wooded, woody
- testy
- easily irritated; characterized by impatience + exasperation
- diatribe
- a bitter + prolonged verbal attack
- perspicacity
- keenness in observing + understanding
- indictment
- the act of accusing; a formal accusation
- agnostic
- one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; w/o faith, skeptical
- surveillance
- a watch kept over a person; careful, close + disciplined observation