Unit 5 Level G
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acuity | sharpness (syn) keenness,acuteness (ant)dullness, obtuseness |
| delineate | to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid details (syn)depict picture render |
| depraved | marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principales (syn)perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt (ant) moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted |
| enervated | to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of enfeeble, hamstring (syn)impair, cripple, paralyze (ant)invigorate, strengthen, buttress |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret (syn)occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite (ant)accessible, comprehensible, intelligible |
| fecund | fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive (syn) fertile, teeming, prolific (ant)infertile, barren, unproductive |
| fiat | an arbitrary order or decree (syn)edict, dictum, ukase |
| figment | a fabrication of the mind, an arbitrary notion (syn)creation, invention, fancy |
| garner | to acquire as the result of effort, to gather and store away for future use (syn)collect, accumulate, accrue (ant) scatter, squander, waste, dissispate |
| hallow | to set apart as holy or sacred, consecrate, to revere (syn)venerate, bless (ant)desecrate, defile, profane |
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