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