Vocabulary Unit 5 Quiz (with Unit 4)

sharpness, particularly of the mind or senses

• acuity

• fiat

• ignominy

• nuance

to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially

• delineate

• esoteric

• garner

• enervate

marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principals

• depraved

• mundane

• reputed

• sumptuous

to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring

• enervate

• hallow

• garner

• delineate

intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

• esoteric

• mundane

• fecund

• ubiquitous

fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

• fecund

• esoteric

• ubiquitous

• overweening

an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

• fiat

• figment

• acuity

• ignominy

a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion

• figment

• fiat

• acuity

• penchant

to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use

• garner

• enervate

• hallow

• delineate

to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

• hallow

• garner

• enervate

• ignominy