Unit 5 (acuity-ubiquitous)
reputed
(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged syn: assumed; ant: actual, true
depraved
(adj.) brought to a state of evil and corruption, devoid or moral principles syn: evil, dirty; ant: good, pure
overweening
(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate syn: conceited, haughty; ant: modest
sumptuous
(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent syn: beautiful, luscious; ant: mean, poor, fine work
mundane
(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary syn: commonplace, normal, worldly; ant: exciting, extraordinary
fecund
(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive syn: fertile, fruitful; ant: steril, unproductive
esoteric
(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret syn: secret, private; ant: common, familiar
ubiquitous
(adj.) present or existing everywhere syn: omnipresent, universal; ant: rare, scarce
malediction
(n.) a curse, expression of hatred and condemnation syn: swearword, cuss; ant: blessing
figment
(n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion syn: dream, fantasy; ant: reality
idiosyncrasy
(n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify syn: truth, distinction; ant: abnormality
penchant
(n.) a strong attraction or inclination syn: assumed; ant: dislike
nuance
(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference syn: hint, suble
fiat
(n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness syn: ruling, dictate; ant: request, question
ignominy
(n.) public shame and disgrace syn: disgrace; ant: respect
sophistry
(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy syn: inconsistency, ambiguity
acuity
(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) syn: awareness; ant: ignorance
garner
(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use syn: amass, save, extract; ant: disperse, seperate
emend
(v.) to free from errors, correct; alter to serve a new or different purpose syn: edit, improve; ant: worsen
delineate
(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail, to represent pictorially syn: brand, mark, outline
hallow
(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere syn: bless, praise; ant: condemn, curse
enervate
(v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring syn: exhaust, weaken; ant: activate, strengthen
Antonyms: dullness, obtuseness
acuity
Synonyms: sharpness, keenness, acuteness
acuity
Synonyms: to depict, portray, sketch, picture
delineated
Antonyms: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted
depraved
Synonyms: corrupt, perverted, degenerated, vicious
depraved
Antonyms: to spoil, mar, botch, mess up, damage
emend
Synonyms: to correct, revise, rectify, to adapt
emend
Antonyms: to investigate, to stregthen, buttress
enervate
Synonyms: to impair, to hamstring, cripple, paralyze
enervate
Antonyms: accesible, comprehensible, intelligible
esoteric
Synonyms: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite
esoteric
Antonyms: barren, infertile, unproductive
fecund
Synonyms: fruitful, fertile, teeming, prolific
fecund
Synonyms: a command, decree, edict, ukase
fiat
Synonyms: a fabrication, creation, invention
figment
Antonyms: to scatter, squander, waste, dissipate
garner
Synonyms: to collect. gather, accumulate
garner
Antonyms: to desiccate, defile, profane
hallow
Synonyms: to consecrate, sanctify, to venerate
hallow
Synonyms: an eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
idiosyncrasy
Antonyms: honor, glory, acclaim
ignominy
Synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, humiliation
ignominy
Antonyms: a blessing, benediction
malediction
Synonyms: a curse, imprecation, anathema
malediction
Antonyms: heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental
mudane
Synonyms: ordinary, prosaic, humdrum, routine, earthly, sublunary
mudane
Synonyms: a subtle variation, gradation, nicety
nuance
Antonyms: restrained, understated, modest, meek
overweening
Synonyms: unbridled, immoderate, inflated
overweening
Antonyms: a natural inclination
penchant
Synonyms: an inclination, proclivity, propensity
penchant
Antonyms: proven, corroborated, authenticated
reputed
Synonyms: supposed, alleged, putative, reputable
reputed
Synonyms: specious reasoning, casuistry
sophistry
Antonyms: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan
sumptuous
Synonyms: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid
sumptuous
Antonyms: restricted, limited, rare, scarce
ubiquitous
Synonyms: omnipresent, pervasive, universal
ubiquitous
