Sadlier-Oxford
Vocabulary
Level G, Unit 5
acuity
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(n.) sharpness
(particularly of the
mind or senses)
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Synonyms:
keenness, acuteness
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Antonyms: dullness,
obtuseness
delineate
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(v.) to portray, sketch,
or describe in accurate
and vivid detail; to
represent pictorially
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Synonyms: depict,
picture, render
depraved
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(adj.) marked by evil or
corruption, devoid of moral
principles
Synonyms: perverted,
degenerate, vicious, corrupt
Antonyms: moral, virtuous,
upright, uncorrupted
Similar words this
semester?
enervate
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(v.) to weaken or
lesson the mental,
moral, or physical
vigor of; enfeeble,
hamstring
Synonyms: impair,
cripple, paralyze
Antonyms: invigorate,
strengthen, buttress
esoteric
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(adj.) intended for or
understood by only a
few, private, secret
Synonyms: occult,
cryptic, arcane,
recondite
Antonyms: accessible,
comprehensible,
intelligible
fecund
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(adj.) fruitful in
offspring or vegetation;
intellectually
productive
Synonyms: fertile,
teeming, prolific
Antonyms: infertile,
barren, unproductive
fiat
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(n.) an arbitrary order
or decree; a command
or act of will or
consciousness
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Synonyms: edict,
dictum, ukase
figment
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(n.) a fabrication of the
mind; an arbitrary
notion
Synonyms: creation,
invention, fancy
garner
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(v.) to acquire as the result
of an effort; to gather and
store away, as for future
use
Synonyms: collect,
accumulate, accrue
Antonyms: scatter,
squander, waste, dissipate
Similar words from
previous units?
hallow
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(v.) to set apart as holy
or sacred, sanctify,
consecrate; to honor
greatly, revere
Synonyms: venerate,
bless
Antonyms: desecrate,
defile, profane
idiosyncrasy
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(n.) a peculiarity that
serves to distinguish or
identify
Synonyms:
eccentricity, quirk,
mannerism
ignominy
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(n.) shame and disgrace
Synonyms: dishonor,
humiliation, disrepute,
odium
Antonyms: honor,
glory, acclaim
mundane
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(adj.) earthly, worldly,
relating to practical and
material affairs;
concerned with what is
ordinary
Synonyms: prosaic,
humdrum, routine,
sublunary
Antonyms: heavenly,
unworldly, spiritual,
transcendental
nuance
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(n.) a subtle or slight
variation (as in color,
meaning, or quality),
delicate gradation or
shade of difference
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Synonyms: shade,
nicety, refinement
overweening
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(adj.) conceited,
presumptuous;
excessive, immoderate
Synonyms: arrogant,
unbridled, inflated
Antonyms: restrained,
understated, modest,
meek
penchant
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(n.) a strong attraction
or inclination
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Synonyms: proclivity,
propensity, predilection
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Antonyms:
disinclination, aversion
reputed
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(adj.) according to
reputation or general
belief; having widespread
acceptance and good
reputation; (part.) alleged
Synonyms: putative,
reputable, supposed
Antonyms: proven,
corroborated, authenticated
sophistry
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(n.) reasoning that
seems plausible but is
actually unsound; a
fallacy
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Synonyms: specious
reasoning
sumptuous
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(adj.) costly, rich,
magnificent
Synonyms: lavish,
munificent, opulent,
splendid
Antonyms: skimpy,
meager, stingy, Spartan
ubiquitous
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(adj.) present or
existing everywhere
Synonyms:
omnipresent, pervasive,
universal
Antonyms: restricted,
limited, rare, scarce