Duffey Unit 6 Vocab

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abject

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adj. degraded, base, centemptible, cringing, serville, complete and unrelieved

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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

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complicity

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n. involvment in a wrong doing. the state of being an accomplice

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derelict

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n, someone or something that is abandoned or neglected.

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diatribe

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n, a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

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effigy

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n. a crude image of a despised person

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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.

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inane

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adj. silly, empty of meaning or value

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indictment

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n, the act of accusing, a formal accusation

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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

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motif

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n. a principle idea, feature, theme, or element, a repeated or dominant figure in a design

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neophyte

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n. a convert, a beginnger, novice

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perspicacity

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n. keenness in observing and understanding

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plenary

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

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surveillance

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a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disiplined observation

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indutitable

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adj. certain, not to be doubted or denied

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intermittent

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adj. stopping and starting Again, sporadic

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sylvan

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adj. pertaining to characteristics of a forest, living or loocated in a forest, wooded, woody

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testy

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adj, easily irritated. characterized by impatience and exasperation

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travesty

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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.