Vocab 5 Flashcards

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

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Delinate

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

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Hallow

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(V.) to correct; to alter to serve a new or different purpose

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Emend

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

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Figment

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(N.) arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

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Fiat

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

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Esoteric

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

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Acquity

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

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Garner

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(Adj.) fruitful in offspring or. Vegetation; intellectually productive

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Fecund

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

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Enervate

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

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Mundane

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(N.) a strong attraction or inclination

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Penchant

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(Adj.) present or existing everywhere

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Ubiquitous

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

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Reputed

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(N.) a curse, expression of hatred and condemnation

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Malediction

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(Adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

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Overweening

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

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Sophistry

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

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Nuance

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(Adj.) costly, rich, magnificent

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Sumptuous

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(N.) shame and disgrace

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Ignominy

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

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Idiosyncrasy