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| perspicacity | keenness in observing and understanding (syn) acuity, acumen, discernment (ant) dullness, obtuseness |
| sylvan | pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest (syn) forested, arcadian |
| motif | a principal idea, feature, theme, or element, a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
| travesty | (n) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; (v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion (syn) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce |
| neophyte | A new convert, beginner, novice (syn) tenderfoot, tyro, rookie (ant) veteran, past master, expert, pro |
| testy | easily irritated: characterized by impatience and exasperation (syn) irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant (ant) even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable |
| derelict | (n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected (adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty (syn) (n) vagrant (adj) remiss, delinquent (ant) (adj) punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous |
| complicity | involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice (syn) connivance, collusion (ant) noninvolvement, innocence |
| 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 (syn) justice, fairness, impartiality (ant) sensible, meaningful, profound |
| moot | (adj) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v) to bring up for discussion; (n) a hypothetical law case argued by students (syn) debatable, questionable (v) broach (ant) undebatable, indisputable, self-evident |
| plenary | complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members (syn) unlimited, unrestricted (ant) limited, restricted, incomplete |
| effigy | a crude image of a despised person (syn) figure, figurine, likeness |
| inane | silly, empty of meaning or value (syn) vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous (ant) sensible, meaningful, profound |
| agnostic | one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj) without faith, skeptical (syn) doubter (ant) believer |
| intermittent | stopping and beginning again, sporadic (syn) fitful, spasmodic, sporadic, random (ant) continuous, ininterrupted |
| surveillance | a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation (syn) observation, scrutiny, monitoring |
| abject | degraded; base, contemptible, cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved (syn) wretched, miserable; ignoble; sheer, utter (ant) lofty, noble, exalted |
| diatribe | a bitter and prolonged verbal attack (syn) harangue, tirade (ant) panegyric, encomium, eulogy |
| indictment | the act of accusing; a formal accusation (syn) charge, accusation |
| indubitable | certain, not to be doubted or denied (syn) unquestionable, indisputable (ant) questionable, debatable, dubious |
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