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Vocab Unit 5 Flashcards

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

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nuance

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synonyms: corrupt, perverted, degenerates, vicious

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depraved

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antonyms: to scatter, squander, waste, dissipate

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garner

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antonyms: proven, corroborated, authenticated

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reputed

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synonyms: unbridled, immoderate, inflated

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overweening

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synonyms: an inclination, proclivity, propensity

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penchant

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synonyms: omnipresent, pervasive, universal

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ubiquitous

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to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate

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hallow

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synonyms: an eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

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idiosyncrasy

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synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, humiliation

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ignominy

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costly, rich, magnificent

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sumptuous

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synonyms: supposed, alleged, putative

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reputed

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synonyms: ordinary, prosaic, humdrum, routine; earthly, sublunary

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mundane

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brought to a state of evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

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depraved

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reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

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sophistry

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antonyms: barren, infertile, unproductive

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fecund

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according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance

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reputed

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antonyms: restricted, limited; rare, scarce

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ubiquitous

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antonyms: honor, glory, acclaim

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ignominy

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synonyms: to depict, portray, sketch, picture

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delineate

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a strong attraction or inclination

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penchant

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synonyms: a command, decree, edict, ukase

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fiat

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synonyms: a fabrication, creation, invention

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figment

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synonyms: to collect, gather, accumulate

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garner

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synonyms: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid

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sumptuous

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antonyms: dullness, obtuseness

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acuity

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

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mundane

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antonyms: to invigorate, to strengthen, buttress

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enervate

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synonyms: fruitful, fertile, teeming, prolific

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fecund

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antonyms: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly; spartan

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sumptuous

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synonyms: to impair to hamstring, cripple, paralyze

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enervate

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synonyms: a subtle variation, gradation, nicety

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nuance

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present or existing everywhere

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ubiquitous

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intended for or understood by only a selected few, private, secret

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esoteric

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

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enervate

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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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a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion

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figment

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synonyms: sharpness, keenness, acuteness

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acuity

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antonyms: restrained, understand; modest, meek

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overweening

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synonyms: to consecrate, sanctify; to revere

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hallow

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synonyms: occult; cryptic; arcane, recondite

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esoteric

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conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

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overweening

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a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

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idiosyncrasy

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fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

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fecund

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synonyms: specious reasoning, casuistry

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sophistry

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antonyms: moral, virtuous, upright; uncorrupted

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depraved

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antonyms: a natural disinclination

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penchant

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sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

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acuity

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antonyms: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

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esoteric

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

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delineate

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antonyms: to desecrate, defile, profane

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hallow

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an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

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fiat

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antonyms: heavenly; unworldly, spiritual, transcendential

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mundane

54
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public shame and disgrace

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ignominy

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