Level G Unit 5 Voc

(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses); clever in noticing and understanding one's surroundings

synonyms: keenness, acuteness

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

synonyms: depict, picture, render

(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

syn: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt

ant: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

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

syn: impair, cripple, paralyze

ant: invigorate, strengthen, buttress

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

syn: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite

ant: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

syn: fertile, teeming, prolific

ant: infertile, barren, unproductive

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

syn: edict, dictum, ukase

(n.) a fabrication of the mind; and arbitrary notion

syn: creation, invention, fancy

(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

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

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

syn: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

(n.) shame and disgrace

syn: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium

ant: honor, glory, acclaim

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

syn: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary

ant: heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental

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

(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

syn: arrogant, unbridled, inflated

ant: restrained, understated, modest, meek

(n.) a strong attraction or inclination

syn: proclivity, propensity, predilection

ant: disinclination, aversion

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

syn: putative, reputable, supposed

ant: proven, corroborated, authenticated

(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound, a fallacy.

syn: specious reasoning

(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent

syn: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid

ant: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan

(adj.) present or existing everywhere

syn: omnipresent, pervasive, universal

ant: restricted, limited, rare, scarce