Chapter 5 Flashcards
(22 cards)
garner
(v) to gather, collect, or hoard
Fecund
(adj)producing or capable of producing offspring fruit, vegetation, etc
Fiat
(n) an authoritative decree, sanction, or order
enervate
(v)to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor; weaken
Depraved
Corrupt, wicked, or perverted
Mundane
common; ordinary
Penchant
(n)a strong inclination, taste or liking for something
Ubiquitous
(adj)existing or being every where, especially at the same time
reputed
(adj) reported or supposed to be such
malediction
a curse
overweening
(adj) presumptuously arrogant; overbearing
sophistry
(n)a false argument
nuance
(n)a slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind
sumptuous
(adj)rich and costly
ignominy
(n) great personal dishonor or humiliation
idiosyncrasy
(n) a mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual
delineate
(v) describe or portray (something) precisely
hallow
(v) to render holy by means of religious rites
emend
(v) make corrections and improvements to
figment
(n) something invented made up, or fabrication
esoteric
(adj) private; secret; confidential
Acuity
(n)sharpness, acuteness,keenness