Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 5

reputed

(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged (syn.) putative, reputable, supposed (ant.) proven, corroborated, authenticated

overweening

(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate (syn.) arrogant, unbridled, inflated (ant.) restrained, understated, modest, meek

sumputous

(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent (syn.) lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid (ant.) skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan

mundane

(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary (syn.) prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary (ant.) heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental

fecund

(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive (syn.) fertile, teeming, prolific (ant.) infertile, barren, unproductive

esoteric

(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret (syn.) occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite (ant.) accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

depraved

(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles (syn.) perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt (ant.) moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

ubiquitous

(adj.) present or existing everywhere (syn.) omnipresent, pervasive, universal (ant.) restricted, limited, rare, scarce

figment

(n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion (syn.) creation, invention, fancy

idiosyncrasy

(n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify (syn.) eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

penchant

(n.) a strong attraction or inclination (syn.) proclivity, propensity, predilection (ant.) disinclination, aversion

nuance

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

fiat

(n.) arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness (syn.) edict, dictum, ukase

sophistry

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

ignominy

(n.) shame and disgrace (syn.) dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium (ant.) honor, glory, acclaim

acuity

(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) (syn.) keenness, acuteness (ant.) dullness, obtuseness

garner

(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use (syn.) collect, accumulate, accrue (ant.) scatter, squander, waste, dissipate

delineate

(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially (syn.) depict, picture, render

hallow

(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere (syn.) venerate, bless (ant.) desecrate, defile, profane

enervate

(v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring (syn.) impair, cripple, paralyze (ant.) invigorate, strengthen, buttress