ACUITY (noun.)

-sharpness (particularly in the mind or senses)

SYN:sharpness, keenness, acuteness

ANT:dullness, obtuseness

Alex always had a keen sense of smell; his ACUITY in that sense is most impressive.

DEPRAVED (Adj.)

-brought to a state of evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

SYN:corrupt, perverted, degenerated, vicious 

ANT:moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupt

Every generation believes that the next will become DEPRAVED with the advancing of technology.

DELINEATE (Verb.)

-to portray, sketch or describe in accurate and vivid detail, to represent pictorially

SYN:to outline,to depict, portray, sketch, picture

ANT:N/A

The mayor DELINEATED in her speech her plans for the city.

EMEND (Verb.)

-to free from errors, correct, to alter to serve a new or different purpose

SYN:to correct, revise, rectify, to adapt

ANT:to spoil, mar, botch, mess up, damage

The old thief decided from now on he would EMEND his path into helping others instead of harming. 

ENERVATE (Verb.)

-to weaken, lessen the mental, moral or physical vigor of, enfeeble hamstring

SYN:to impair, to hamstring, cripple, paralyze

ANT:to invigorate, to strengthen, buttress 

He tried to ENERVATE his enemy by putting him in a choke-hold. 

ESOTERIC (Adj.)

-intended for or understood by only a select few

SNT: occult,cryptic,arcane,recondite

ANT: accessible comprehensible intelligible

This ESOTERIC location of the magic stream is a secret only known by the covenant. 

FECUND (Adj.)

-fruitful offspring or vegetation, intellectually productive

SYN: fruitful, fertile, teeming, prolific

ANT: barren, infertile, unproductive

Very rarely does one see this classroom in such a FECUND state, so eager to learn.

IGNOMINY (Noun.)

-public shame and disgrace

SYN:disgrace, dishonor, humiliation

ANT:honor, glory, acclaim

The adulterers were put in the stocks to show their IGNOMINY 

FIAT (Noun.)

-an arbitrary order or decree, a command or act of will or consciousness

SYN:

ANT:

Without free will it is really difficult to make a FIAT of one's own accord.

FIGMENT (Noun.)

-a fabrication of the mind, an arbitrary notion

SYN: fabrication, creation, invention

ANT:real concrete, rational 

That cactus you saw must've been a figment of your imagination for we are in a rain forest. 

GARNER (Verb.)

-to acquire as the result of effort, to gather and store away, as for future use

SYN:to collect, gather, accumulate

ANT:to scatter, squander, waste, dissipate

It is wise to GARNER one's wages instead of squandering it away on useless things.

HALLOW (Verb.)

-to set apart as holy or sacred

SYN: to consecrate, sanctify, revere

ANY: to desecrate

Keep in mind that as we walk these HALLOWED grounds, to respect the dead.

IDIOSYNCRASY (Noun.)

-a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

SYN:an eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

ANT:

It's easy to spot out Anna for her bright read hair, an IDIOSYNCRASY that she can't help.

MALEDICTION (Noun.)

-a curse, expression of hatred and condemnation

SYN:a curse, imprecation, anathema

ANT: a blessing, benediction

The witches placed a MALEDICTION on the boy that caused him to grow warts.

MUNDANE (Adj.)

-earthly, worldly, related to practical and material affairs, concerned with what is ordinary

SYN:ordinary, prosaic, humdrum, sublunary

ANT:heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental

Often times, I would wish I could escape this MUNDANE life into one of adventure.

NUANCE (Noun.)

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

SYN:a subtle variation, gradation, nicety

ANT:N/A

Macbeth is full of NUANCES in terms of character development and use of motifs.

OVERWEENING (adj.) 

-conceited, presumptuous, excessive

SYN:lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid

ANT: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan

The 8-course OVERWEENING banquet was more than filling.

PENCHANT (Noun.)

-a strong attraction or inclination

SYN:an inclination, proclivity, propensity

ANT: a natural disclination

He's got a strong PENCHANT for being annoying.

REPUTED (Adj.)

-according to reputation or general belief, having widespread acceptances

SYN:supposed alleged putative

ANT: N/A

The news-reporter's REPUTED remark embarrassed the police officer.

SOPHISTRY (Noun.)

-reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound, a fallacy

SYN:Specious reasoning, casuistry

ANT:reasonable, fact

When debating, one must avoid SOPHISTRY.

SUMPTUOUS (Adj.)

-costly, rich magnificient

SYN:Lavish Opulent Splendid

ANT:Skimpy, meager, stingy

The affair was mus SUMPTUOUS from the elaborate decoration to the opulent feast.

UBIQUITOUS (adj.)

-present or existing everwhere

SYN: omnipresentt, pervasive, universal

ANT: N/A

My mother has an almost UBIQUITOUS presence.