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Unit Five

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

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Unit Five

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  1. Unit Five Are you ready for it???

  2. acuity • Noun • Sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) • Synonyms: keenness, acuteness • Antonyms: dullness, obtuseness

  3. delineate • Verb • To portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail to represent pictorially • Synonyms: depict, picture, render

  4. depraved • Adjective • Marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles • Synonyms: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt • Antonyms: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

  5. enervate • Verb • To weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring • Synonyms: impair, cripple, paralyze • Antonyms: invigorate, strengthen, buttress

  6. esoteric • Adjective • Intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret • Synonyms: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite • Antonyms: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

  7. fecund • Adjective • Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive • Synonyms: fertile, teeming, prolific • Antonyms: infertile, barren, unproductive

  8. fiat • Noun • An arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness • Synonyms: edict, dictum, ukase

  9. figment • Noun • A fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion • Synonyms: creation, invention, fancy

  10. 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

  11. hallow • Verb • To set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere • Synonyms: venerate, bless • Antonyms: desecrate, defile, profane

  12. idiosyncrasy • Noun • A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify • Synonyms: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

  13. ignominy • Noun • A shame and disgrace • Synonyms: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium • Antonyms: honor, glory, acclaim

  14. 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

  15. nuance • Noun • A subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference • Synonyms: shade, nicety, refinement

  16. overweening • Adjective • Conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate • Synonyms: arrogant, unbridled, inflated • Antonyms: restrained, understated, modest, meek

  17. penchant • Noun • A strong attraction or inclination • Synonyms: proclivity, propensity, predilection • Antonyms: disinclination, aversion

  18. reputed • Adjective • According to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged • Synonyms: putative, reputable, supposed • Antonyms: proven, corroborated, authenticated

  19. sophistry • Noun • Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy • Synonyms: specious reasoning

  20. sumptuous • Adjective • Costly, rich, magnificent • Synonyms: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid • Antonyms: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan

  21. ubiquitous • Adjective • Present or existing everywhere • Synonyms: omnipresent, pervasive, universal • Antonyms: restricted, limited, rare, scarce

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