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Acuity

(n.) Sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) (SYN: acuteness) (ANT: dullness, obtuseness)

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Delineate

(v.) To portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail;to represent pictorially. (SYN: picture, render)

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Depraved

(adj.) Marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles. (SYN: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt) (ANT: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted)

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Enervate

(v.) To weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring. (SYN: impair, cripple, paralyze) (ANT: invigorate, strengthen, buttress)

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Esoteric

(adj.) Intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret. (SYN: cryptic, arcane, recondite) (ANT: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible)

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Fecund

(adj.) Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive. (SYN: fertile, teeming, prolific) (ANT: infertile, barren, unproductive)

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Fiat

(n.) An arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness. (SYN: dictum, ukase)

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Figment

(n.) A fabrication of the mind;an arbitrary notion. (SYN: invention, fancy)

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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)

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Hallow

(v.) To set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere. (SYN: venerate, bless) (ANT: defile, profane, sacrilege)

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Idiosyncrasy

(n.) A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify. (SYN: quirk, mannerism)

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Ignominy

(n.) Shame and disgrace. (SYN: humiliation, disrepute, odium) (ANT: honor, acclaim)

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Mundane

(adj.) Earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary. (SYN: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary) (ANT: heavenly, spiritual, transcendental)

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Nuance

(n.) A subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality) (SYN: shade, nicety, refinement)

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Overweening

(adj.) Conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate. (SYN: arrogant, unbridled, inflated) (ANT: restrained, understated, meek)

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Penchant

(n.) A strong attraction or inclination. (SYN: proclivity, predilection) (ANT: disinclination, aversion)

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Reputed

(adj.) According to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged. (SYN: putative, reputable) (ANT: proven, corroborated, authenticated)

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Sophistry

(n.) Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy. (SYN: specious reasoning)

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Sumptuous

(adj.) Costly, rich, magnificent. (SYN: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid) (ANT: skimpy, stingy, niggardly, spartan)

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Ubiquitous

(adj.) Present or existing everywhere. (SYN: pervasive, universal) (ANT: restricted, limited, rare, scarce)

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