Vocabulary 5 Flashcards

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Sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

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Acuity

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

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Delineate

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Marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

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Depraved

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To weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeebled, hamstring

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Enervate

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Intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

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Esoteric

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Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

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Fecund

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

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Fiat

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A fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion

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Figment

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

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Garner

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

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Hallow

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Hallow

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Verb

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Synonym:

Venerate, bless

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Hallow

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Antonym:

Desecrate, defile, profane

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Hallow

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Garner

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Verb

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Synonym:

Collect, accumulate, accrue

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Garner

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Antonym:

Scatter, squander, waste, dissipate

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Garner

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Figment

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Noun

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Synonym:

Creation, invention, fancy

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Figment

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Fiat

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Noun

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Synonym:

Edict, dictum, ukase

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Fiat

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Fecund

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Adjective

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Synonym:

Fertile, teeming, prolific

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Fecund

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Antonym:

Infertile, barren, unproductive

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Fecund

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Esoteric

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Adjective

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Synonym: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite
Esoteric
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Antonym: | Accessible, comprehensible, intelligible
Esoteric
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Enervate
Verb
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Synonym: | Impair, cripple, paralyze
Enervate
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Antonym: | Invigorate, strengthen, buttress
Enervate
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Depraved
Adjective
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Synonym: | perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
Depraved
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Antonym: | Moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted
Depraved
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Delineate
Verb
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Synonym: | Depict, picture, render
Delineate
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Acuity
Noun
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Synonym: | Keenness, acuteness
Acuity
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Antonym: | Dullness, obtuseness
Acuity
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Idiosyncrasy
Noun
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Ignominy
Noun
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Mundane
Adjective
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Nuance
Noun
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Overweening
Adjective
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Penchant
Noun
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Reputed
Adjective
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Synonym: | Eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
Idiosyncrasy
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A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
Idiosyncrasy
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Synonym: | Dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium
Ignominy
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Antonym: | Honor, glory, acclaim
Ignominy
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Shame and disgrace
Ignominy
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Earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
Mundane
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Synonym: | Prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublanary
Mundane
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Antonym: | Heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental
Mundane
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A subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality) delicate gradation or shade difference
Nuance
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Synonym: | Shade, nicety, refinement
Nuance
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Conceited, presumptuous; excessive immoderate
Overweening
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Synonym: | Arrogant, unbridled, inflated
Overweening
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Antonym: | Restrained, understated, modest, meek
Overweening
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A strong attraction or inclination
Penchant
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Synonym: | Proclivity, propensity, predilection
Penchant
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Antonym: | Disinclination, aversion
Penchant
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According to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; alleged
Reputed
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Synonym: | Putative, reputable, supposed
Reputed
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Antonym: | Proven, corroborated, authenticated
Reputed
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Sophistry
Noun
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Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
Sophistry
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Synonym: | Specious reasoning
Sophistry
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Sumptuous
Adjective
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Costly, rich, magnificent
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Synonym: | Lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid
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Antonym: | Skimpy, meager, stingy, spartan
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Ubiquitous
Adjective
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Present or existing everywhere
Ubiquitous
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Synonym: | Omnipresent, pervasive, universal
Ubiquitous
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Antonym: | Restricted, limited, rare, scarce
Ubiquitous