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17 Cards in this Set
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Acuity
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sharpness specifically in mind or senses
-keenness, acuteness |
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Delineate
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to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail
-depict, picture, render |
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Depraved
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marked by evil and corruption, devoid of mortal principles
-perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt |
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Enervate
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to weaken or lesses the mental, moral, or physical vigor
-impair, cripple, paralyze |
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Esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a select few , private, secret
-occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite |
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Fecund
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fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
- fertile, teeming, prolific |
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Fiat
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an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
-edict, dictum, ukase |
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Figment
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a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
-creation, invention, fancy |
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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
- collect, accumulate, accrue |
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Hallow
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to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
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Idiosyncrasy
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a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
-eccentricity, quirk, mannerism |
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Ignominy
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shame and disgrace
-dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium |
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Mundane
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earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
-prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary |
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Nuance
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a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning or quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
-shade, nicety, refinement |
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Overweening
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conceited, presumptous; excessive, immoderate
-arrogant, unbridled, inflated |
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Penchant
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a strong attraction or inclination
-proclivity, propensity, prediection |
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Reputed
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according to reputation or general belief
-putative, reputatable, supposed |
