Unit 6
Terms
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- neophyte
- a new convert, beginner, novice
- derelict
- someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty
- inane
- silly, empty of meaning or value
- diatribe
- a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
- equity
- 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
- motif
- a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
- moot
- open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students
- surveillance
- a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
- travesty
- a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
- intermittent
- stopping and beginning again, sporadic
- agnostic
- one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical
- complicity
- involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
- abject
- degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
- plenary
- complete in all aspects of essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
- perspicacity
- keenness in observing and understanding
- sylvan
- pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
- testy
- easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
- indubitable
- certain, not to be doubted or denied
- indictment
- the act of accusing; a formal accusation
- effigy
- a crude image of a despised person