Unit 5 Flashcards

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Delineate

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

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Acuity

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Sharpness, particularly of the mind or senses

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Depraved

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Marked by evil or corruption; devoid of moral principles

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Enervate

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To weaken or Essen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring

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Esoteric

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Intended for or understood by only a select few. Private, secret

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Fecund

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Fruitful in offspring or vegetation, intellectually productive

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Fiat

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An arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

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Figment

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A fabrication of the mind, an arbitrary notion

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Garner

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

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Hallow

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To set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate, to honor greatly, revere

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Idiosyncrasy

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A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

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Ignominy

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Shame and disgrace

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Mundane

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Earthly, worldly, relating to practices and material affairs, concerned with what is ordinary

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Nuance

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A subtle or slight variant, as in color or meaning or quality, delicate graduation or shade of difference

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Overweening

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Conceited, presumptuous, excessive, immoderate

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Penchant

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A string attraction or inclination

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Reputed

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According to reputation or general belief, having widespread acceptance and good reputation, alleged

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Sophistry

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Reasoning that sounds plausible, but is actually unsound. A fallacy

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Sumptuous

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Costly, rich, magnificent

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Ubiquitous

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Present or existing everywhere