ELA Unit 5 Flashcards
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jacobiamanda on January 17, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acuity | (n) sharpnrees (particularly 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 pictorially S: depict, picture, render |
| Depraved | (adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles S: preverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt A: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted |
| Enervate | (v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of, enfeeble, hamstring S: impair, cripple, paralyse A: invigorate, strenghten, buttress |
| Estoeric | (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret S: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite A: accessible, comprehensive, intelligible |
| Fecund | (adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive S: fertile, teeming, prolific A: infertile, barren, unproductive |
| Fiat | (n.) an arbitary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness S: edict, dictum, ukase |
| Figment | (n.) a frabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion S: creation, invention, fancy |
| Garner | (v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away as for future use S: collect, accumulate, accrue A: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate |
| Hallow | (v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere S: venerate, bless A: desecrate, defile, profane |
| Idiosyncrasy | (n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify S: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism |
| Ignominy | (n.) shame and disgrace S: dishonor, humiliatin, disrepute, odium A: honor, glory, acclaim |
| Mundane | (adj.) earthly, wordly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary S: prosaic, humdrum, routine, ordinary A: heavenly, unwordly, spiritual, transcendental |
| Nuance | (n.) a sublte or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradatin or shade of difference S: shade, nicety, refinement |
| Overweening | (adj.) condeited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate S: arrongant, unbridled, inflated A: restrained, understated, modest, meek |
| Penchant | (n.) a strong attraction or inclination S: Proctivity, propensity, predilection A: disinclination, aversion |
| Reputed | (adj.) according to reputation or general belief, having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged S: putative, reputable, supposed A: proven, corroborated, authenticated |
| Sophistry | (n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound, a fallacy S: specious reasoning |
| Sumptuous | (adj.) costly, rich, magnificent S: lavish, munificent, opuletn, splendid A: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan |
| Ubiquitous | (adj.) present or existing everywhere S: omnipresent, pervasive, universal A: restricted, limited, rare, scarce |
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