Vocab unit 5

Acuity

n. sharpness (particulary of the mind or senses)
S: keeness, acuteness

Delineate

v. to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorialy
S: depict, picture, render

Depraved

adj. marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principals.
S: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt

enervate

v. to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeblem, hamstring
S: impair, cripple, parzlyze

esoteric

adj. intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
S: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite

fecund

adj. fruitful in offspring or vegetationl; intecually productive
S: fertile, teeming , prolific

fiat

n. an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
S: edict, dictum, ukase

figment

n. a fabrication of the mind; an arbitary notion
S: creation, invention, fancy

garner

v. to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for the future
S: collect, accumulate, accrue

hallow

v. toser part as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

idiosyncrasy

n. a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
S: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

ignominy

n. shame and disgrace
S: dishonor, humiliation disrepute, odium

mundane

adj. earthly, worldly, relation to practicale and material affairs; conncerned with what is ordinary
S: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary

nuance

n. subtule or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality) delicare gradation or shade of difference
S: shade, nicety, refinement

overweening

adj. conceited, presumtous; excessive, immoderate
S: arrogant, unbridled, inflated

penchant

n. a strong attraction or inclination
S: proclivity, propensity, predilection

reputed

adj. according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged
S: putave, reputable, supposed

sophistry

n. reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
S: specioud reasoning

sumptuous

adj. costly, rich, magnificent
S: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid

ubiquitous

present or existing everywhere
S: omnupresent, pervasive, universal,