Vocab week 5 Flashcards
To portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail, to represent pictorially
S: depict, picture, render
Delineate
Sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
S: keenness, acuteness
A: dullness, obtuseness
Acuity
Marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
S: perverted, degenerate
A: moral, virtuous
Depraved
To weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring
S: impair, cripple
A: invigorate, strengthen
Enervate
Intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
S: occult, cryptic
A: accessible, comprehensible
Esoteric
Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
S: fertile
A: infertile
Fecund
An arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
S: edict, dictum
Fiat
A fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
S: creation
Figment
To acquire the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
S: collect
A: scatter
Garner
To set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
S: venerate
A: desecrate
Hallow
A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
S: eccentricity
Idiosyncrasy
Shame and disgrace
S: dishonor
A: honor
Ignominy
Earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
S: prosaic
A: heavenly
Mundane
A subtle or slight variation, delicate graduation or shade of difference
S: shade, nicety; refinement
Nuance
Conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
S: arrogant
A: restrained
Overweening
