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English Vocabulary Set 5
[Mrs. Love's Class] Fifth set of words
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English
12th Grade
11/09/2010

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Term
acuity
Definition

{n.} sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

 

Syn: keeness, acuteness

Term
delineate
Definition

{v.} to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially

 

Syn: depict, picture, render

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depraved
Definition

{adj.} marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

 

Syn: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt

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enervate
Definition

{v.} to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring

 

Syn: impair, cripple, paralyze

Term
esoteric
Definition

{adj.} intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

 

Syn: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite

Term
fecund
Definition

{adj.} fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

 

Syn: fertile, teeming, prolific

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fiat
Definition

{n.} an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

 

Syn: edict, dictum, ukase

Term
figment
Definition

{n.} a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion

 

Syn: creation, invention, fancy

Term
garner
Definition

{v.} to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use

 

Syn: collect, accumulate, accrue

Term
hallow
Definition

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

 

Syn: venerate, bless

Term
idiosyncrasy
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Term
ignominy
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mundane
Definition

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

 

Syn: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary

Term
nuance
Definition

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

 

Syn: shade, nicety, refinement

Term
overweening
Definition
Term
penchant
Definition

(n.) a strong attraction or inclination

 

Syn: proclivity, propensity, predilection

Term
reputed
Definition

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

(part.) alleged

 

Syn: putative, reputable, supposed

Term
sophistry
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sumptuous
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ubiquitous
Definition

(adj.) present or existing everywhere

 

Syn: omnipresent, pervasive, universal

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