Vocab Units 5+6

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acuity

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sharpness (mind or senses)

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delineate

Back 2

to portray/sketch/describe in accurate and vivid detail, to represent pictorially

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depraved

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marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

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enervate

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to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of enfeeble, hamstring

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esoteric

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intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret.

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fecund

Back 6

fruitful in offspring or vegetation, intellectually productive

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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 sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

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idiosyncracy

Back 11

a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

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ignominy

Back 12

shame and disgrace

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mundane

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earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

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nuance

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a subtle or slight variation, delicate gradation or shade of difference

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overweening

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conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

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penchant

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a strong attraction or inclination

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reputed

Back 17

according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged

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sophistry

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reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

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sumptuous

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costly, rich, magnificent

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ubiquitous

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present or existing everywhere

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abject

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degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

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agnostic

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one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical

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complicity

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involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

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derelict

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someone or something that I'd abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty

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diatribe

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a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

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effigy

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a crude image of a despised person

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equity

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the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim

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inane

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silly, empty of meaning or value

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indictment

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the act of accusing; a formal accusation

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indubitable

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certain, not to be doubted or denied

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intermittent

Back 31

stopped and beginning again, sporadic

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moot

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open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students

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motif

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a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

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neophyte

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a new convert, beginner, novice

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perspicacity

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keenness in observing and understanding

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plenary

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complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members

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surveillance

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a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation

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sylvan

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pertaining to or characteristics of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody

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testy

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easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

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travesty

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a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion