Vocab - Group 1

AP English Language with Quesnell at Corona Del Mar High School

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acuity

(n) keeness of perception

delineate

(v) 1a. to indicate or represent by drawing or painted lines; 1b. to mark the outline of; 2. to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy in detail

depraved

(adj) marked by corruption or evil, esp. perverted

emend

(v) to correct usually by textual alterations

enervate

(adj) lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor

(v) 1. to reduce the mental or moral vigor of; 2. to lessen the vitality or strength of

esoteric

(adj) 1a. designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone; 1b. requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group, difficult to understand; 2a. limited to a small circle; 2b. private, confidential; 3. of special, rare, or unusual interest

fecund

(adj) 1. fruitful in offspring or vegetation, prolific; 2. intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree

fiat

(n) 1. a command or act of will that creates something without or as if without further effort; 2. an authoritative determination, dictate; 3. an authoritative or arbitrary order, decree

figment

(n) something made up or contrived

garner

(v) 1a. to gather into storage; 1b. to deposit as if in a granary; 2a. to acquire by effort, to earn; 2b. accumulate, collect

hallow

(v) 1. to make holy or set apart for holy use; 2. to respect greatly, venerate

idiosyncrasy

(n) 1a. a peculiarity of constitution or temperament, an individualizing characteristic or quality; 1b. individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food); 2. characteristic peculiarity (as of temperament), eccentricity

ignominy

(n) 1. deep personal humiliation and disgrace; 2. disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action

malediction

(n) curse, execration

mundane

(adj) 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the world; 2. characterized by the practical, transitory, and ordinary, commonplace

nuance

(n) 1. a subtle distinction or variation; 2. a subtle quality, nicety; 3. sensibility to awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings (as of meaning, feeling, or value)

overweening

(adj) 1. arrogant, presumptuous; 2. immoderate, exaggerated

penchant

(n) a strong and continued inclination, liking

reputed

(adj) 1. having a good reputation; 2. being such according to reputation or general belief

sophistry

(n) subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation; 2. an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid; esp. such an argument used to deceive

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