vocabulary workshop level g unit 5
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vocabulary workshop level g unit 5. 9th grade. english 1 honors. just part of speech and definition, synonyms, and antonyms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acuity | (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses synonyms: keenness, acuteness |
| delineate | (v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially synonyms: depict, picture, render |
| depraved | (adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles syn: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt ant: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted |
| enervate | (v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring syn: impair, cripple, paralyze ant: invigorate, strengthen, buttress |
| esoteric | (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret. syn: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite ant: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible |
| fecund | (adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive syn: fertile, teeming, prolific ant: infertile, barren, unproductive |
| fiat | (n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness syn: edict, dictum, ukase |
| figment | (n.) a fabrication of the mind; and arbitrary notion syn: creation, invention, fancy |
| garner | (v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use syn: collect, accumulate, accrue ant: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate |
| hallow | (v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere |
| idiosyncrasy | (n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify syn: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism |
| ignominy | (n.) shame and disgrace syn: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium ant: honor, glory, acclaim |
| mundane | (adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary syn: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary ant: heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental |
| nuance | (n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference syn: shade, nicety, refinement |
| overweening | (adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate syn: arrogant, unbridled, inflated ant: restrained, understated, modest, meek |
| penchant | (n.) a strong attraction or inclination syn: proclivity, propensity, predilection ant: disinclination, aversion |
| reputed | (adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged syn: putative, reputable, supposed ant: proven, corroborated, authenticated |
| sophistry | (n.) reasoning that seems plausible into buying but is actually unsound, a fallacy. syn: specious reasoning |
| sumptuous | (adj.) costly, rich, magnificent syn: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid ant: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan |
| ubiquitous | (adj.) present or existing everywhere syn: omnipresent, pervasive, universal ant: restricted, limited, rare, scarce |
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