Level G Unit 5: Synonyms

acuity

keenness, acuteness

delineate

depict, picture, render

depraved

perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt

enervate

impair, cripple, paralyze

esoteric

occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite

fecund

fertile, teeming, prolific

fiat

edict, dictum, ukase

figment

creation, invention, fancy

garner

collect, accumulate, accrue

hallow

venerate, bless

idiosyncrasy

eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

ignominy

dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium

mundane

prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary

nuance

shade, nicety, refinement

overweening

arrogant, unbridled, inflated

penchant

proclivity, propensity, predilection

reputed

putative, reputable, supposed

sophistry

specious reasoning

sumptuous

lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid

ubiquitous

omnipresent, pervasive, universal