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20 Cards in this Set
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Abject (adj.)
syn: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer utter ant: lofty, noble, exalted |
degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
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agnostic (n.), (adj.)
syn: doubter ant: believer |
(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic
(adj.) without faith, skeptical |
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complicity (n.)
syn: connivance, collusion ant: noninvolvement, innocence |
involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
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derelict (n.) (adj.)
syn: (n.) vagrant (adj.) remiss, delinquent ant: (adj.) punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous |
(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
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diatribe (n.)
syn: harangue, tirade ant: panegyric, encomium, eulogy |
a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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effigy (n.)
syn: figure, figurine, likeness |
a crude image of a despised person
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equity (n)
syn: justice, fairness, impartiality ant: injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice |
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
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inane (adj.)
syn: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous ant: sensible, meaningful, profound |
silly, empty of meaning or value
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indictment (n.)
syn: charge, accusation |
the act of accusing; a formal accusation
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indubitable (adj.)
syn: unquestionable, indisputable ant: questionable, debatable, dubious |
caertain, not to be doubted or denied
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intermittent (adj.)
syn: fitful, spasmodic, random ant: continuous, uninterrupted |
stopping and beginning again, sporadic
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moot (adj.) (n.) (v.)
syn: (adj.) debatable, questionable (v.) broach ant: (adj.)undebatable, indisputable, self-evident |
(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 (n.)
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a principal idea, feature, theme, or elelment; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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neophyte (n.)
syn: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie ant: veteran, past master, expert, pro |
a new convert, beginner, novice
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perspicacity (n.)
syn: acuity, acumen, discernment ant: dullness, obtuseness |
keenness in observing and understanding
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plenary (adj.)
syn: unlimited, unrestricted ant: limited, restricted, incomplete |
complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
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surveillance (n.)
syn: observation, scrutiny, monitoring |
a watch kept over a person; a careful, close, and disciplined observation
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sylvan (adj.)
syn: forested, arcadian |
pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
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testy (adj.)
syn: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant ant: even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable |
easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
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travesty (n.) (v.)
syn:(n.) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce |
(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
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