Group 5A Acuity: (n) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) Ex: the acuity of one’s hearing Delineate: (v) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially Ex: delineate the main features of the plan Depraved: (adj) brought to a state of evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles Ex: led a depraved life Emend: (v) to correct; to alter to serve a new or different purpose Ex: emend the report
Enervate: (v) to weaken, lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor or, enfeeble, hamstring Ex: a mind that has been enervated by disease Esoteric: (adj) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret Ex: the esoteric rites Fecund: (adj) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive Ex: a remarkably fecund brain Fiat: (n) a arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness Ex: the fiat of conscience
Figment: (n) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion Ex: just a figment of your imagination Garner: (v) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use Ex: garner wisdom Hallow: (v) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere Ex: hallow the field on which they fought Nerd Note: HP7=Deathly Hallows
Acuity Delineate Depraved Emend Enervate Esoteric • Corrupt, perverted, degenerated, vicious • Sharpness, keenness, acuteness • To correct, revise, rectify; to adapt • Occult; cryptic; arcane, recondite • To impair; to hamstring, cripple, paralyze • To depict, portray, sketch, picture
Synonyms: 5A Acuity Delineate Depraved Emend Enervate Esoteric Fecund Fiat Figment Garner Hallow • A command, decree, edict, ukase • A fabrication, creation, invention • Corrupt, perverted, degenerated, vicious • Sharpness, keenness, acuteness • To consecrate, sanctify; to venerate • To correct, revise, rectify; to adapt • Occult; cryptic; arcane, recondite • To impair; to hamstring, cripple, paralyze • To collect, gather, accumulate • To depict, portray, sketch, picture • Fruitful, fertile, teeming, prolific
Fiat • Figment • Depraved • Acuity • Hallow • Emend • Esoteric • Enervate • Garner • Delineate • fecund
Group 5B Idiosyncrasy: (n) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify Ex: the idiosyncrasy of English grammar Ignominy: (n) shame and disgrace Ex: the ignominy resulting from the scandal Malediction: (n) a curse, expression of hatred and condemnation Ex: hurl malediction at their enemies Mundane: (adj) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary Ex: mundane concerns
Nuance: (n) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation of shade of difference Ex: a nuance of meaning Overweening: (adj) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate Ex: overweening pride Penchant: (n) a strong attraction or inclination Ex: a penchant for belaboring the obvious
Reputed: (adj) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation (participle) alleged Ex: the reputed head of a crime syndicate Sophistry: (n) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy Ex: beguiled by clever sophistry Sumptuous: (adj) costly, rich, magnificent Ex: a sumptuous feast Ubiquitous: (adj) present or exiting everywhere Ex: the ubiquitous eye of the TV camera
An eccentricity, quirk, mannerism • Ordinary, prosaic, humdrum, routine, earthly, sublunary • An inclination, proclivity, propensity • Disgrace, dishonor, humiliation • A command, decree, edict, ukase • A fabrication, creation, invention • Lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid • Omnipresent, pervasive, universal • A curse, imprecation, anathema • Corrupt, perverted, degenerated, vicious • Specious reasoning, casuistry
Idiosyncrasy • Mundane • Penchant • Ignominy • Fiat • Figment • Sumptuous • Ubiquitous • Malediction • Depraved • Sophistry
12. sharpness, keenness, acuteness 13. To consecrate, sanctify; to venerate 14. unbridled, immoderate, inflated 15. To correct, revise, rectify; to adapt 16. occult; cryptic; arcane, recondite 17. To impair; to hamstring, cripple, paralyze 18. To collect, gather, accumulate 19. A subtle variation, gradation, nicety 20. To depict, portray, sketch, picture 21. supposed, alleged, putative 22. fruitful, fertile, teeming, prolific
Acuity • Hallow • Overweening • emend • Esoteric • Enervate • Garner • Nuance • Delineate • Reputed • fecund
