Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 5
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kerimcbride on January 13, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acuity | (n.) sharpness (particulatly of the mind or senses) SYN. keenness, acuteness ANT. dullness, obtuseness |
| Delineate | (v.) to portray, sketchor describe in acurate vivid detai; to represent pictorially SYN. 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, (command) |
| Figment | (n.) a fabrication of the mind; an 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 grately, rever SYN. venerate, bless ANT. desecrate, defile, profane |
| Idiosyncrasy | (n.) a peculiarity that serves todistinguish or identify SYN. essentricity, 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, ordinary ANT. heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental |
| Nuance | (n.) a subtle or slight variation,delicate gradation or shade of difference SYN. shade, nicety, refinement |
| Overweening | (adj.) conceited, presumtuious; 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 or good reputation; (part.) alleged SYN. putative, reputable, supposed ANT. proven, corroborated, authenticated |
| Sophistry | (n.) reasoning that seems plausible 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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