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Vocabulary Workshop
Level G Unit 5
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acuity• (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
• Synonyms: keenness, acuteness
• The acuity of most people’s hearing diminishes as they grow older.
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delineate• (v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and
vivid detail
• Synonyms: depict, picture, render
• The architects will delineate the main features of their plan at the next client meeting.
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depraved• (adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of
moral principles
• Synonyms: perverted, degenerate, vicious
• Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Grey is about a depraved man whose portrait reveals his wickedness.
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enervate• (v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or
physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring.
• Synonyms: impair, cripple, paralyze
• Unfortunately, the great musician’s mind was enervated by disease in the last decade of her life.
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esoteric• (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select
few, private, secret
• Synonyms: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite
• The fraternity developed a set of esoteric rites that had to be performed by anyone seeking membership.
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fecund• (n.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation;
intellectually productive
• Synonyms: fertile, teeming, prolific
• The remarkably fecund mind of Albert Einstein produced theories that revolutionized the science of physics.
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fiat• (n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or
act of will or consciousness.
• Synonyms: edict, dictum, ukase
• The ruler instituted several new fiats.
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figment• (n.) a fabrication of the mink; an arbitrary notion
• Synonyms: creation, invention, fancy
• The silhouette of a man on the porch was a mere figment of your overactive imagination.
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garner• (v.) to acquire as a result of effort; to gather and
store away, as for future use.
• Synonyms: collect, accumulate, accrue
• Over the years, the writer was able to garner some wisdom that she passed on to others in her books.
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hallow• (v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify,
consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
• Synonyms: venerate, bless
• In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln hallowed the battlefield on which Union soldiers fought and died.
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idiosyncrasy• (n.)a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or
identify
• Synonyms: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
• One of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be in the car first
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ignominy• (n.) shame and disgrace.
• Synonyms: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute
• He went from glory to ignomy.
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mundane• (adj.) .earthly, worldly, relating to practice and
material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary.
• Synonyms: prosaic, humdrum, routine,
• She completed the mundane daily household chores.
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nuance• (n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color,
meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
• Synonyms: shade, refinement
• In his writing, the poet paid close attention to every nuance of meaning in the words he chose.
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overweening• (adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive,
immoderate.
• Synonyms: arrogant, unbridled, inflated
• It was the overweening confidence of the candidate that prevented her from acknowledging her weaknesses.
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penchant• (n.) a strong attraction or inclination.
• Synonyms: proclivity, propensity, predilection
• A teacher with a penchant for belaboring the obvious is bound to be boring.
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reputed• (adj.) according to reputation or general belief;
having widespread acceptance and good reputation
• Synonyms: supposed
• Although he is the reputed head of a crime syndicate, he has never spent time in jail.
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sophistry • (n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually
unsound; a fallacy
• Synonyms: specious reasoning
• The couple was beguiled into beguiled a bigger into buying a bigger house than they needed by the clever sophistry of the real estate agent.
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sumptuous• (adj.) costly, rich magnificent.
• Synonym: lavish, opulent, splendid
• The sumptuous feast honoring the king’s birthday was followed by musical entertainment.
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ubiquitous• (adj.) present or existing everywhere.
• Synonyms: omnipresent, pervasive, universal.
• The ubiquitous eye of security and mobile phone cameras threatens to rob citizens of any sense of privacy.