Vocab 6

113446098	stigmatized	marked by shame
113446099	despotic	related to absolute power or to the tyrannical exercise of such power
113446100	erudite	displaying extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books
113446101	luminary	a person of prominence or brilliant achievement
113446102	usurping	seizing and holding by force and without right
113446103	precocity	the exhibition of mature qualities at an unusually early age
113446104	epoch	an extended period of time usually characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events
113446105	malignity	an instance of malicious behavior or nature
113446106	contiguity	the state of being in actual contact or near in time or sequence; proximity
113446107	extenuation	a partial justification or attempt to lessen the seriousness of a situation
113446108	machinations	a scheming or crafty action designed to accomplish some usually evil end
113446109	abject	degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
113446110	agnostic	one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical
113446111	complicity	involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
113446112	derelect	someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty
113446113	diatribe	a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
113446114	effigy	a crude image of a despised person
113446115	equity	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
113446116	inane	silly, empty of meaning or value
113446117	indictment	the act of accusing; a formal accusastion
113446118	indubitable	certain, not to be doubted or denied
113446119	intermittent	stopping and beginning again, sporadic
113446120	moot	open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students
113446121	neophyte	a new convert, beginner, novice
113446122	perspicacity	keenness in observing and understanding
113446123	plenary	complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
113446124	surveillance	a watch kept over a position; careful, close, and disciplined observation
113446125	sylvan	pertaining to characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
113446126	testy	easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
113446127	travesty	a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
113446128	motif	a principal idea, feature, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design