(n.) sharpness, particularly of the mind or senses

s: keeness, acuteness

a: dullness, obtuseness

(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail, to prepresent pictorially

s: depict, picture, render

(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

s: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt

a: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

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

s: impair, cripple, paralyze

a: invigorate, strengthen, buttress

fecund

(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

s: fertile, teeming, prolific

a: infertile, barren, unproductive

(n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

s: edict, dicturn, ukase

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

s: creation, invention, fancy

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

s: collect, accumulate, accrue

a: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate

idiosyncrasy

(n.) a peculiarity that seves to distinguish or identify

s: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

(n.) shame and disgrace

s: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium

a: honor, glory, acclaim

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

s: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary

a: heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental

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

s: venerate, bless

a: desecrate, defile, profane

nuance

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

s: shade, nicety, refinement

(adj.) conceited, presumptuous, excessive, immoderate

s: arrogant, unbridled, inflated

a: restrained, understated, modest, meek

(n.) a strong attraction or inclination

s: proclivity, propensity, predilection

a: disinclination, aversion

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

s: putative, reputable, supposed

a: proven, corroborated, authenticated

(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

s: specious reasoning

(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent

s: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid

a: skimpy, meager, stingy, riggardly, spartan

(adj.) present or existing everywhere

s: omnipresent, pervasive, universal

a: restricted, limited, rate, scarce

(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

s: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite

a: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible