Vocabulary Unit 5 Level G

acuity

(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

(syn.) keenness, acuteness

(ant.) dullness, obtuseness

delineate

(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; 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.) arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

(syn.) edict, dictum, ukase

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 greatly, revere

(syn.) venerate, bless

(ant.) desecrate, defile, profane

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 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