VOCAB UNIT 5

acuity

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

(SYN: acuteness)

(ANT: dullness, obtuseness)

delineate

(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail, to represent pictorially

Syn: Picture, render

depraved

(adj,) marked by evil or 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 or understood by only a select few, private, secret

Syn: Cryptic, arcane, recondite

Ant: Accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

fecund

(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegitation; intellectually productive

SYNONYMS: fertile, teeming, prolific

ANTONYMS: infertile, barren, unproductive

fiat

(n.) an arbitrary order of decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

SYNONYMS: dictum, ukase

figment

(n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion

SYNONYMS: invention, fancy

garner

(v.) to aquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away as for further use

SYNONYMS: collect, accumulate, accrue

ANTONYMS: scatter, squander, wastex dissipate

hallow

(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

SYNONYMS: venerate, bless

ANTONYMS: defile, profane

idiosyncrasy

(n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

SYNONYMS: quirk, mannerism

ignominy

(n.) shame and disgrace

SYNONYMS: humiliation, disrepute, odium

ANTONYMS: honor, acclaim

mundane

(adj.) earthly, worldy, relating to practical and material affairs; concerened with what is ordinary

SYNONYMS: prosaic, humdrum, -routine, sublunary

ANTONYMS: heaveri!y, spiritual, transcendental

nuance

(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference

SYNONYMS: shade, nicety, refinement

overweening

(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

SYNONYMS; Arrogant, unbridled, inflated

ANTONYMS: restrained, understated, meek

penchant

(n.) a strong attraction or inclination

SYNONYMS: proclivity, predilection

ANTONYMS: disinclination, aversion

reputed

(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance or good reputation; (part.) alleged

SYNONYMS; putative, reputable

ANTONYMS: proven, corroborated, authenticated

sophistry

(n.) reasoning that sounds plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

SYNONYM: specious reasoning

sumptuous

(adj) costly, rich, magnificent

synonyms; lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid

antonyms: skimpy, stingy, niggardly, spartan

ubiquitous

(adj.) Present or existing everywhere.

(SYN: pervasive, universal)

(ANT: restricted, limited, rare, scarce)