vocab 5 review
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Overweening Ubiquitous Penchant FecundIgnominy Mundane Garner DepravedAcuity Sumptuous Reputed EsotericIdiosyncrasy Figment Fiat HallowDelineate Enervate Nuance Sophistry
Sharpness, particularly of the mind or senses
- keenness, acuteness
ACUITY
To portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially
-depict, picture, render
DELINEATE
Marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principals
- perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
DEPRAVED
To weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of ; enfeeble
- impair, cripple, paralyze
ENNERVATE
Intended or understood by only a select few; private, secret
- cryptic, arcane, recondite
ESOTERIC
Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
- fertile, teeming, prolific
FECUND
An arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
- edict, dictum
FIAT
A fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
- creation, invention, fancy
FIGMENT
To acquire as a result of effort; to gather and store away for future use
- collect, accumulate, accrue
GARNER
To set apart as holy or sacred; sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly; revere
- venerate, bless
HALLOW
A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
- eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
IDIOSYNCRASY
Shame and disgrace-dishonor, humiliation, disrepute
IGNOMINY
Concerned with what is ordinary; earthly, worldly; relating to practical and material affairs
- humdrum, routine, prosaic
MUNDANE
A subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality)
- Delicate gradation or shade of difference; shade
NUANCE
Conceited, presumptuous, excessive, immoderate
- arrogant, inflated, unbridled
OVERWEENING
A strong attraction or inclination
- proclivity, propensity; predilection
PENCHANT
According to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance; alleged
- supposed
REPUTED
Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
- Specious reasoning
SOPHISTRY
Costly, rich, magnificent
- lavish, opulent, splendid or munificent
SUMPTUOUS
Present or existing everywhere
- omnipresent, pervasive, universal
UBIQUITOUS