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delineate
- (v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate & vivid detail; represent pictorically
- Synonyms: depict, picture, render, portray, sketch
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hallow
- (v.) to set apart as holy or sacred,sanctify,consecrave,to honor gretly,revere
- (syn):renerate,buss
- ant:desecrate,def:le profane
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Emend
- (v.) to correct; to alter to serve a new or different pusrpose
- Synonyms: to revise, rectify, to adopt
- Antonyms: to spoil, mar, botch, mess up, damage
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figment
- (n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary nation
- Synonyms: creation, invention, fancy
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fiat
- (n.) an arbirtary order or decree; a command ot act of will or consciousness
- Synonyms: edict, dictum, ukase
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esoteric
- (adj.) intended for or understood by only a selcet few, private, secret
- Synonyms: occult, cryptic, arcane, reconcile
- Antonyms: accessible, comprehensible, intelligable
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acuity
- (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
- Synonyms: keeness, acuteness
- Antonyms: dullness, obtuseness
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garner
- (v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather & store away, as for future use
- Synonyms: collect, accumulate, accrue
- Antonyms: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate
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fecund
- (adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
- Synonyms: fertile, teeming, prolific
- Antonyms: infertile, barren, unproductive
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enervate
- (v.) to weaken, lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of, enfeeble, hamstring
- Synonyms: impair, cripple, paralyze
- Antonyms: invigorate, strengthern, buttress
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depraved
- (adj.) brought to a state of evil & corruption, devoid of moral principles
- Synonyms: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
- Antonyms: moral, virtous, upright, uncorrupted
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mundane
- (adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical & material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
- Synonyms: prosaic, hum drum, routine, sublunary
- Antonyms: heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental
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penchant
- (n.) a strong attraction or inclination
- Synonyms: proclivity, propensity, redilection
- Antonyms: disinclination, aversion
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ubiquitous
- (adj.) present of existing everywhere
- Synonyms: omnipresent, pervasive, universal
- Antonyms: restricted, limited, rare, scarce
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reputed
- (adj.) according to reputation or general belief, having widespread acceptance & good reputation; (part) alleged
- Synonyms: putativem reputable, supposed
- Antonyms: proven, corroborated, authenticated
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malediction
- (n.) a curse, expression of hatred & condemnation
- Synonyms: a curse, imprecation, anathema
- Antonyms: a blessing, benediction
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overweeing
- (adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
- Synonyms: arrogant, unbridled, inflated
- Antonyms: restrained, understated, modest, meek
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sophistry
- (n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
- Synonyms: specious reasoning, casuistry
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nuance
- (n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
- Synonyms: shade, nicety, refinement
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sumptuous
- (adj.) costly, rich, magnificent
- Synonyms: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid
- Antonyms: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan
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ignominy
- (n.) shame & disgrace
- Synonyms: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium
- Antonyms: honor, glory, acclaim
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idiosyncrasy
- (n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish of identify
- Synonyms: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
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