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Acuity
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Sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses
The ACUITY of most people's hearing diminishes as they grow older.
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Delineate
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To portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially
As the group leader, he gets to DELINEATE our duties.
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Depraved
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Marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
The Picture of Dorian Gray is about a DEPRAVED man whose portrait reveals his wickedness.
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Enervate
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To weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring
Sadly, the great musician's mind was ENERVATED by disease.
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Esoteric
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Intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret; Recondite, arcane
The ESOTERIC knowledge was dangerous in the wrong hands
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Fecund
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Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
The farmer's FECUND fields were envied by competitors far and wide.
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Fiat
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An arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
Syn: Edict, Ukase
The ruler insituted several new FIATS.
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Figment
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A fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
Syn: Fancy
The images were just a FIGMENT of the overheated man's imagination.
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Garner
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To acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away;collect, accrue
You can GARNER much knowledge through reading.
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Hallow
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To set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
Jerusalem is a HALLOWED city by many religions.
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Idiosyncrasy
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A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
Syn: Mannerism, Quirk
An IDIOSYNCRASY of English is the irregular forming of some plurals.
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Ignominy
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Shame and disgrace
Syn: Odium
He went from glory to IGNOMINY.
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Mundane
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Eartly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary; humdrum
The MUNDANE class left many bored.
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Nuance
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A slight variation (as in color), delicate gradation of difference; nicety
A slight NUANCE of color can be seen in the old pottery.
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Overweening
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Conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
His OVERWEENING ego put off many potential friends.
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