Vocab Unit 5 Level G
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cianfaglione on December 8, 2008
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english 10 honors, level g, unit 5
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Vocab for Level G, Unit 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acuity | n. sharpness (particulary of the mind or senses) S: keeness, acuteness A: dullness, obtuseness |
| Delineate | v. to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorialy S: depict, picture, render |
| Depraved | adj. marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principals. S: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt A: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupt |
| enervate | v. to weaken or lessen the menal, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeblem, hamstring S: impair, cripple, parzlyze |
| esoteric | adj. intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secert S: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite A: accessoble, comprehensible, intelligible |
| fecund | adj. fruitful in offspring or vegetationl; intecually productive S: fertile, teeming , prolific A: infertile, barren, unproductive |
| fiat | n. an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness S: edict, dictum, ukase |
| figment | n. a fabrication of the mind; an arbitary notion S: creation, invention, fancy |
| garner | v. to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for the future S: collect, accumulate, accrue A: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate |
| hallow | v. toser part as holy or dacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere |
| idiosyncrasy | n. a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify S: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism |
| ignominy | n. shame and disgrace S: dishonor, humiliation disrepute, odium A: honor, glor, acclaim |
| mundane | adj. earthly, worldly, relation to practicale and material affairs; conncerned with what is ordinary S: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary A: hevenly, unwordly, spirtual, transendental |
| nuance | n. subtule or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality) delicare gradation or shade of difference S: shade, nicety, refinement |
| overweening | adj. conceited, presumtous; excessive, imoderate S: arrogant, unbridled, inflated A: retrained, understated, modest, meek |
| penchant | n. a strong attraction or inclination S: proclivity, propensity, predilection A: disinclination, aversion |
| reputed | adj. according to reputation opr general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged S: putave, reputable, supposed A: proven, colloborated, authenticated |
| sophistry | n. reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy S: specioud reasoning |
| sumptous | adj. costly, rich, magnificent S: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid A: sjunoy, meaferm stingy, niggardly, spartan |
| ubiquitous | present or existing everywhere S: omnupresent, pervasive, universal, A: restricted, limited, rare, scarce |
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