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Acuity

(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)


S: acuteness


A: dullness, obtuseness

Delineate

(adj.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially


S: picture, render

Depraved

(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles


S: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt


A: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

Enervate

(v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring


S: impair, cripple, paralyze


A: invigorate, strengthen, buttress

Esoteric

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


S:cryptic, arcane, recondite


A: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

Fecund

(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive.


S: fertile, teeming, prolific


A: infertile, barren, unproductive

Fiat

(n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or at of will or consciousness.


S: dictum, ukase

Figment

(n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion


S: invention, fancy

Hallow

(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere


S: venerate, bless


A: defile, profane

Garner

(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use.


S: collect, accumulate, accrue


A: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate

Idiosyncrasy

(n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.


S: quirk, mannerism

Ignominy

(n.) shame and disgrace


S: humiliation, disrepute, odium


A: honor, acclaim

Mundane

(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary.


S: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary


A: heavenly, spiritual, transcendental

Nuance

(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning , quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference.


S: shade, nicety, refinement

Overweening

(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate.


S: arrogant, unbridled, inflated


A: restrained, understated, meekq

Penchant

(n.) a strong attraction or inclination


S: proclivity, predilection


A: disinclination, aversion

Reputed

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


S: putative, reputable


A: proven, corroborated, authenticated

Sophistry

(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy.

Sumptous

(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent.


S: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid


A: skimpy, stingy, niggardly, spartan

Ubiquitous

(adj.) present or existing everywhere


S: pervasive, universal


A: restricted, limited, rare, scarce