Vocab Unit 6 By: Jenna Caffarello Abject (Adj) – Degraded; base, contemptible, - PowerPoint Presentation

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 be known 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 isimportant, 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 formal Accusation 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, SporadicI was getting very annoyedwhen the thunderstorm was making my television have only intermittentreception. .

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 moot point because there was no way she was changing her mind.

Motif (N) – A principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design 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 didnot know anything.

Perspicacity (N) – Keenness in observing and understanding 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 membersThe 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 catchyou, and you will be in trouble.

Sylvan (Adj) – Pertaining to or characteristic of forests, living or located in a forest, wooded, woody Thoreau lived in a sylvan cabin on Waldenpond, because he wanted to 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 theircritical paper.

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 orburlesque fashionMany movies today are travesties of the original books, because they are inaccurate, badly produced, or do not contain correct information.