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{n.} sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
Syn: keeness, acuteness
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{v.} to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially
Syn: depict, picture, render
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{adj.} marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
Syn: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
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{v.} to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring
Syn: impair, cripple, paralyze
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{adj.} intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
Syn: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite
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{adj.} fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
Syn: fertile, teeming, prolific
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{n.} an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
Syn: edict, dictum, ukase
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{n.} a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
Syn: creation, invention, fancy
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{v.} to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
Syn: collect, accumulate, accrue
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(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
Syn: venerate, bless
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(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
Syn: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary
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(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
Syn: shade, nicety, refinement
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(n.) a strong attraction or inclination
Syn: proclivity, propensity, predilection
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(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation;
(part.) alleged
Syn: putative, reputable, supposed
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(adj.) present or existing everywhere
Syn: omnipresent, pervasive, universal
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