Sadlier Level G 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 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: 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.) An arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness.

(SYN: dictum, ukase)

Figment

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

(SYN: 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: defile, profane, sacrilege)

Idiosyncrasy

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

(SYN: quirk, mannerism)

Ignominy

(n.) Shame and disgrace.

(SYN: humiliation, disrepute, odium)

(ANT: honor, acclaim)

Mundane

(adj.) Earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary.

(SYN: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary)

(ANT: heavenly, spiritual, transcendental)

Nuance

(n.) A subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality)

(SYN: shade, nicety, refinement)

Overweening

(adj.) Conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate.

(SYN: arrogant, unbridled, inflated)

(ANT: restrained, understated, meek)

Penchant

(n.) A strong attraction or inclination.

(SYN: proclivity, predilection)

(ANT: disinclination, aversion)

Reputed

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

(SYN: putative, reputable)

(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, stingy, niggardly, spartan)

Ubiquitous

(adj.) Present or existing everywhere.

(SYN: pervasive, universal)

(ANT: restricted, limited, rare, scarce)