vocab unit 6 by: jenna caffarello. abject (adj) – degraded; base, contemptible, cringing, servile;...
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Vocab Unit 6
By: Jenna Caffarello
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 for 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’t
like me, does not mean
you have to throw
diatribes at me every
time you see me.
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.
When teaching little kids, you
must remember that equity is
important, otherwise, it’ll lead
to fighting.
Inane
(Adj) – Silly, empty of meaning or value
While standing out in the
rain, the reporter made
an 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
When the tennis team
played Hatboro Horsham,
it was an indubitable
fact that they
were going to win.
Intermittent
(Adj) – Stopping and beginning again,
Sporadic
I was getting very annoyed
when the thunderstorm
was making my television
have only intermittent
reception. .
Moot
(Adj) – Open to discussion and debate,unresolved;(V) – To bring up for discussion;(N) – A hypothetical law case argued bystudents
Your argument was a mootpoint because there was noway she was changing hermind.
Motif
(N) – A principal idea, feature, theme, orelement; a repeated or dominant figure in adesign
In the novel, The ScarletLetter, the scaffold scenewas a motif that occurred throughout the novel.
Neophyte
(N) – A new convert, beginner, novice
When I first started my job,
many people called me a
neophyte, because I did
not know anything.
Perspicacity
(N) – Keenness in observing andunderstanding
To accumulate perspicacity, you must pay attention in school,work hard, and ask questions.
Plenary
(Adj) – Complete in all aspects or essentials;absolute; attended by all qualified members
The vice president hadplenary power when he took office while the president was in the hospital.
Surveillance
(N) – A watch kept over a person, careful, close, and disciplined observation
If you try stealing at the
mall, surveillance will catch
you, and you will be in trouble.
Sylvan
(Adj) – Pertaining to or characteristic offorests, living or located in a forest, wooded,woody
Thoreau lived in a sylvan cabin on Waldenpond, because he wantedto see what nature could teach him about life.
Testy
(Adj) – Easily irritated, characterized by
impatience and exasperation
The teacher was very
testy today, because
nobody did well on their
critical paper.
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.