acuity | sharpness, clearness (esp. of mind or vision) |
delineate | to describe or outline |
depraved | wicked; morally corrupt |
enervate | weaken |
esoteric | understood only by a chosen few |
fecund | extremely productive; fertile |
fiat | command; order |
figment | something made up; fictitious |
garner | to get; gather; collect |
hallow | to make holy; to bless |
idiosyncrasy | unique behavior or characteristic |
ignominy | great shame, disgrace, humiliation |
mundane | ordinary, commonplace, banal |
nuance | barely noticeable difference; shade; hard-to-grasp detail |
overweening | overconfident; arrogant |
penchant | strong liking; taste |
reputed | widely believed; reported |
sophistry | reasoning that seems believable but is actually misleading |
sumptuous | expensive; magnficent |
ubiquitous | existing everywhere |