Unit #5 Vocabulary (AP Language and Composition) Flashcards

12249798348	acuity	(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses). synonyms: keeness, acuteness	0
12249798349	delineate	(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially. synonyms: depict, picture, render	1
12249798350	depraved	(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles. synonyms: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt	2
12249798351	enervate	(v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring. synonyms: impair, cripple, paralyze	3
12249798352	esoteric	(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret. synonyms: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite	4
12249798353	fecund	(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive. synonyms: fertile, teeming, prolific	5
12249798354	fiat	(n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness. synonyms: edict, dictum, ukase	6
12249798355	figment	(n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion. synonyms: creation, invention, fancy	7
12249798356	garner	(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use. synonyms: collect, accumulate, accrue	8
12249798357	hallow	(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere. synonyms: venerate, bless	9
12249798358	idiosyncrasy	(n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify. synonyms: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism	10
12249798359	ignominy	(n.) shame and disgrace. synonyms: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium	11
12249798360	mundane	(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary. synonyms: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary	12
12249798361	nuance	(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference. synonyms: shade, nicety, refinement	13
12249798362	overweening	(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate. synonyms: arrogant, unbridled, inflated	14
12249798363	penchant	(n.) a strong attraction or inclination. synonyms: proclivity, propensity, predilection	15
12249798364	reputed	(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged. synonyms: putative, reputable, supposed	16
12249798365	sophistry	(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy. synonyms: specious reasoning	17
12249798366	sumptuous	(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent. synonyms: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid	18
12249798367	ubiquitous	(adj.) present or existing everywhere. synonyms: omnipresent, pervasive, universal	19