Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Abject
|
adj. degraded; base, contemptile; cringing, servile, sheer, utter
|
|
|
Agnostic
|
n. one who believes that nothing can be known abot God;skeptic
|
|
|
Complicity
|
involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
|
|
|
Derelict
|
n. someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; adj. left abandoned; neglectful of duty
|
|
|
Diatribe
|
n. a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
|
|
|
Effigy
|
n. a crude image fo a despised person
|
|
|
Equity
|
n. the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment
|
|
|
Inane
|
adj. silly, empty of meaning or value
|
|
|
Indictment
|
n. the act of accusing; a formal accusation
|
|
|
Indubitable
|
adj. certain, not to be doubted or denied
|
|
|
Intermittent
|
adj. stopping and beginning again, sporadic
|
|
|
Moot
|
adj. open to discussion and debate, unresolved. v. to bring up for discussion. n. a hypothetical law case argued by students
|
|
|
Motif
|
n. a principle idea, feature, theme, or elemen; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
|
|
|
Neophyte
|
n. a new convert, beginner, novice
|
|
|
Perspicacity
|
n. keenness in observing and understanding
|
|
|
Plenary
|
adj. complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
|
|
|
Surveillance
|
n. a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
|
|
|
Sylvan
|
adj. pertaining to or characteristc of forests; living or located in a forest; woody, wooded
|
|
|
Testy
|
adj. easily irritated, characterized by impatience and exasperation
|
|
|
Travesty
|
n. a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex
|
