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20 Cards in this Set
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abject |
(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved |
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agnostic |
(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith, skeptical |
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complicity |
(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice |
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derelict |
(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty |
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diatribe |
(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack |
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effigy |
(n.) a crude image of a despised person |
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equity |
(n.) 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.) silly, empty of meaning or value |
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indictment |
(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation |
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indubitable |
(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied |
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intermittent |
(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic |
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moot |
(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.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
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neophyte |
(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice |
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perspicacity |
(n.) keenness in observing and understanding |
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plenary |
(adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members |
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surveillance |
(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation |
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sylvan |
(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody |
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testy |
(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation |
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travesty |
(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 |
