level g vocab unit 6. abject (adj) – degraded; base, contemptible, cringing, servile; complete and...
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Abject
(Adj) – Degraded; base, contemptible,cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved.
In history class, we are learning about theabject lives of families during the GreatDepression.
Agnostic
(N) – One who believes that nothing can beknown about God; a skeptic(Adj) – Without faith, skeptical
When Susan was explaining how the earth was created, her friend did not understand because of her agnostic beliefs.
Complicity
(N) – Involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
When security watched the tape, they noticeda man helping the robber, so they charged him with complicity.
Derelict
(N) – Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected;
(Adj) – Left abandoned; neglectful of duty
I felt so bad for the derelict puppy I sawwandering around thestreets, so I took him home.
Diatribe
(N) – A bitter and prolonged verbal attack
Just because you don’tlike me, does not mean you have to throw diatribes at me every time you see me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLQLZdwi3cQ
Effigy
(N) – A crude image of a despised person
Tom hated his history teacher,so he drew an effigy of her, but he got caught and was sent to his home office.
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.
Martin Luther King, Jr., foughtfor equity for his fellow AfricanAmericans.
Inane
(Adj) – Silly, empty of meaning or value
While standing out in therain, the reporter madean inane comment announcing that rain was coming.
Indictment
(N) – The act of accusing; a formalAccusation
During the test, the teacher made an indictment of Henry; he was cheating off of Sally’s paper.
Indubitable
(Adj) – Certain, not to be doubted or denied
Even though we missed schooldays due to Super Storm Sandy, itis indubitable that seniors willstill graduate on Tuesday, June 18.
Intermittent
(Adj) – Stopping and beginning again,Sporadic
I was getting very annoyedwhen I had only intermittentreception on my TV during thestorm.
Moot
(Adj) – Open to discussion and debate,unresolved;(V) – To bring up for discussion;(N) – A hypothetical law case argued bystudents
Your argument is a mootpoint because there is noway she is changing hermind.
Motif
(N) – A principal idea, feature, theme, orelement; a repeated or dominant figure in adesign
In the novel Moby-Dick the“whiteness of the whale” isa motif that occurs throughout the novel.
Neophyte
(N) – A new convert, beginner, novice
When I first started my job,many people called me a neophyte because I didnot know anything.
Perspicacity
(N) – Keenness in observing andunderstanding
To accumulate perspicacity, you must pay attention in school,work hard, and ask questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVrJ8DxECbg These people don’t have perspicacity
Plenary
(Adj) – Complete in all aspects or essentials;absolute; attended by all qualified members
The vice president hadplenary power while the president was in the hospital undergoing surgery.
Surveillance
(N) – A watch kept over a person, careful, close, and disciplined observation
If you try stealing at themall, surveillance will catchyou, and you will be in trouble.
Sylvan
(Adj) – Pertaining to or characteristic offorests, living or located in a forest, wooded,woody
I’ve always hated campingand prefer the comfort ofa Hilton to dirty, sylvansurroundings.
Testy
(Adj) – Easily irritated, characterized byimpatience and exasperation
The teacher was verytesty today, because nobody did well on thechemistry test.
Travesty
(N) – A grotesque or grossly inferiorimitation; a disguise, especially the clothingof the opposite sex(V) – to ridicule by imitating in a broad orburlesque fashion
Many movies today are travesties of the originalbooks because they areinaccurate, badly produced,or do not contain correct information.
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