Unit Five Are you ready for it???
Feb 24, 2016
Unit Five
Are you ready for it???
acuity
• Noun– Sharpness (particularly of
the mind or senses)
• Synonyms: keenness, acuteness
• Antonyms: dullness, obtuseness
delineate
• Verb– To portray, sketch, or
describe in accurate and vivid detail to represent pictorially
• Synonyms: depict, picture, render
depraved• Adjective
– Marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
• Synonyms: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
• Antonyms: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted
enervate• Verb– To weaken or lessen the
mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring
• Synonyms: impair, cripple, paralyze
• Antonyms: invigorate, strengthen, buttress
esoteric• Adjective
– Intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
• Synonyms: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite
• Antonyms: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible
fecund
• Adjective– Fruitful in offspring or
vegetation; intellectually productive
• Synonyms: fertile, teeming, prolific
• Antonyms: infertile, barren, unproductive
fiat
• Noun– An arbitrary order
or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
• Synonyms: edict, dictum, ukase
figment
• Noun– A fabrication of the mind;
an arbitrary notion
• Synonyms: creation, invention, fancy
garner• Verb
– To acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
• Synonyms: collect, accumulate, accrue
• Antonyms: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate
hallow• Verb– To set apart as holy or
sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
• Synonyms: venerate, bless
• Antonyms: desecrate, defile, profane
idiosyncrasy
• Noun– A peculiarity that
serves to distinguish or identify
• Synonyms: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
ignominy
• Noun– A shame and disgrace
• Synonyms: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium
• Antonyms: honor, glory, acclaim
mundane• Adjective
– Earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
• Synonyms: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary
• Antonyms: heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental
nuance
• Noun– A subtle or slight
variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
• Synonyms: shade, nicety, refinement
overweening• Adjective
– Conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
• Synonyms: arrogant, unbridled, inflated
• Antonyms: restrained, understated, modest, meek
penchant
• Noun– A strong attraction or
inclination
• Synonyms: proclivity, propensity, predilection
• Antonyms: disinclination, aversion
reputed• Adjective
– According to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged
• Synonyms: putative, reputable, supposed
• Antonyms: proven, corroborated, authenticated
sophistry
• Noun– Reasoning that
seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
• Synonyms: specious reasoning
sumptuous• Adjective– Costly, rich, magnificent
• Synonyms: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid
• Antonyms: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan
ubiquitous
• Adjective– Present or existing everywhere
• Synonyms: omnipresent, pervasive, universal
• Antonyms: restricted, limited, rare, scarce