Unit #6 Vocabulary (AP Language and Composition) Flashcards

3548806187	abject	(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved. (Synonyms) wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter (Antonyms) lofty, noble, exalted	0
3548806188	agnostic	(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith, skeptical. (Synonyms) (n.) doubter (Antonyms) (n.) believer	1
3548818376	complicity	(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice. (Synonyms) connivance, collusion (Antonyms) noninvolvement, innocence	2
3548818377	derelict	(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty. (Synonyms) (n.) vagrant; (adj.) remiss, delinquent (Antonyms) (adj.) conscientious, scrupulous	3
3548823116	diatribe	(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack. (Synonyms) harangue, tirade (Antonyms) encomium, eulogy	4
3548825586	effigy	(n.) a crude image of a despised person. (Synonyms) figure, figurine, likeness	5
3548825588	inane	(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value. (Synonyms) vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous (Antonyms) sensible, meaningful, profound	6
3548827858	indictment	(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation. (Synonyms) charge, accusation	7
3548827859	indubitable	(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied. (Synonyms) unquestionable, indisputable (Antonyms) questionable, debatable, dubious	8
3548830689	intermittent	(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic. (Synonyms) fitful, spasmodic, random (Antonyms) continuous, uniterrupted	9
3548830690	moot	(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students. (Synonyms) (adj.) debatable, questionable; (v.) broach (Antonyms) (adj.) undebatable, indisputable, self-evident	10
3548830691	motif	(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design. (Synonyms) theme, idea, concept	11
3548833427	neophyte	(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice. (Synonyms) tenderfoot, tyro, rookie (Antonyms) veteran, past master, expert, pro	12
3548835252	perspicacity	(n.) keenness in observing and understanding. (Synonyms) acuity, acumen, discernment (Antonyms) dullness, obtuseness	13
3548843380	surveillance	(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation. (Synonyms) observation, scrutiny, monitoring	14
3548846713	sylvan	(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody. (Synonyms) forested, arcadian	15
3548846714	testy	(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation. (Synonyms) irritable, peevish, waspish, (Antonyms) even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable	16
3548846715	travesty	(n.) a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion. (Synonyms) (n.) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce	17
15984827272	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 (Synonyms) justice, fairness, impartiality	18
15984877978	plenary	(adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members (Synonyms) unlimited, unrestricted	19