Vocabulary Workshop Level G - Unit 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acuity (n.) | sharpness - particularly of the mind or senses (keenness, acuteness) |
| Delineate (v.) | to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially (depict, picture, render) |
| Depraved (adj.) | marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles (perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt) |
| Enervate (v.) | to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring (impair, cripple, paralyze) |
| Esoteric (adj.) | intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret (occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite) |
| Fecund (adj.) | fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive (fertile, teeming, prolific) |
| Fiat (n.) | an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness (edict, dictum, ukase) |
| Figment (n.) | a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion (creation, invention, fancy) |
| Garner (v.) | to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use (collect, accumulate, accrue) |
| Hallow (v.) | to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere (venerate, bless) |
| Idiosyncrasy (n.) | a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify (eccentricity, quirk, mannerism) |
| Ignominy (n.) | shame and disgrace (dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium) |
| mundane (adj.) | earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary (prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary) |
| Nuance (n.) | a subtle or slight variation - as in color, meaning, quality - delicate gradation or shade of difference (shade, nicety, refinement) |
| Overweening (adj.) | conceited,presumptuous; excessive, immoderate (arrogant, unbridled, inflated) |
| Penchant (n.) | a strong attraction or inclination (proclivity, propensity, predilection) |
| Reputed (adj.) (part.) | according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; alleded (putative, reputable, supposed |
| Sophistry (n.) | reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy (specious reasoning) |
| Sumptuous (adj.) | costly, rich, magnificent (lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid) |
| Ubiquitous (adj.) | present or existing everywhere (omnipresent, pervasive, universal) |
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