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59 Cards in this Set
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acuity
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sharpness (particularly of mind or senses)
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acuity syn 2
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keenness, acuteness
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acuity ant 2
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dullness, obtuseness
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delineate
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to portray, sketch or describe in an accurate and vivid detail, to represent pictorally
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delineate syn 3
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depict, picture, render
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depraved
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marked by evil and corruption, deviod of moral principles
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depraved syn 4
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perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
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depraved ant 4
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moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted
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enervate
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to weaken or lessen the mental moral or physcal vigor of, enfeeble, hamstring
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enervate syn 3
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impair, cripple, paralyze
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enervate ant 3
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invigorate, strengthen, buttress
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esoteric p
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es o ter' ic
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a select few, private secret
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esoteric syn 4
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occult, cryptic, arcane recondite
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occult
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secret
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esoteric ant 3
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accessible, comprehensible, intelligible
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recondite
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esoteric
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fecund
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fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
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fecund syn 3
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fertile, teeming, prolific
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fecund ant 3
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infertile, barren, unproductive
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fiat
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an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
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figment
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a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
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garner
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to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
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hallow
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to set apart as holy or sacret, sanctify, cosecrate; to honor greatly, revere
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idiosyncrasy
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a peculiarity that serve to distinguish or identify
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ignominy
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shame and disgrace
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mundane
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earthly, wordly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
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fiat syn 3
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edict, dictum, ukase
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figment syn 3
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creation, invention, fancy
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garner syn 3
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collect, accumulate, accrue
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garner ant 4
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scatter, quander, waste, dissipate
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hallow syn 3
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venerate, bless
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hallow ant 3
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desecrate, defile, profane
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idiosyncrasy syn 3
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eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
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ignominy syn 4
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dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium
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ignominy ant 3
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honor, glory, acclaim
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mundane syn 4
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prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary
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mundane ant 4
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heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental
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nuance
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a subtle or slight variation 9as in color, meaning, qualit0 delicate gradation or shade of difference
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nuance syn 3
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shade, nicety refinement
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overweening
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conceited; excessive, immoderate
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overweening syn 3
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arrogant, unbridled, inflated
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overweening ant 4
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restrained, modest, understated, meek
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penchant
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a strong attraction or inclination
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penchant syn 3
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proclivity, propensity, predilection
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penchant ant 2
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disinclination, aversion
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reputed
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according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation
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reputed syn 3
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putative, rpeutable, supposed
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reputed ant 3
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proven, corroborated, authenticated
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putative
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reputed
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corroborated
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proven
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sophistry
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reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
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sophistry syn
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specious reasoning
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sumptuous
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costly, rich, magnificent
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sumtuous syn 4
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lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid
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sumptuous ant 5
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skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan
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ubiquitous
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present or existing everywhere
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ubiquitous syn 3
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omnipresent, pervasive, universal
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ubiquitous ant 4
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resticted, limited, rare, scare
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