Level G Unit 5

Ms. T. (United States of America)
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  1. acuity
    sharpness of vision
    also sharpness of the mind -- meaning you don't have dementia, you still understand things quickly
  2. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  3. depraved
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
    morally corrupt; evil
  4. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  5. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  6. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
    also, intellectually productive, meaning that you produce a lot of scholarly work (write a lot of articles or papers or novels or do a lot of science advancement)
  7. fiat
    a legally binding command or decision
  8. figment
    a contrived or fantastic idea
  9. garner
    assemble or get together
    to acquire as a result of effort -- to work to understand
  10. hallow
    render holy by means of religious rites
  11. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  12. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  13. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  14. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  15. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
  16. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  17. reputedly
    by repute; according to general belief
    actually, the word is reputed, without the -ly, which means according to reputation; alleged (meaning that people assume something about you)
  18. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  19. sumptuous
    rich and superior in quality
  20. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
Created on Tue Nov 12 08:07:59 EST 2013 (updated Tue Nov 12 08:13:35 EST 2013)

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