Keen of mind and judgment, especially in practical matters; cunning.

Syn:  perceptive, shrewd, sagacious, acumen

Ant:  obtuse, inane, dense

An institution that shelters and cares for mentally unbalanced, aged, or homeless persons.

Any place offering protection or security.

Protection against a legal or social penalty.

Syn:  perceptive, shrewd, sagacious, acumen

Ant:  n/a

To make up for or repent

Syn:  Expiate, redeem, redress

Ant:  n/a

A savagely cruel, brutal, or inhuman deed; a monstrosity.

Syn:  enormity, outrage

Ant:  kindness, benevolence, humane, clement

Noun - A failure to develop normally; a progressive wasting away or decline.

Verb - To waste away.

Syn:  Noun – deterioration, degeneration

Verb – deteriorate, degenerate, wither

Ant:  Noun – growth, development

Verb – grow, mature, flourish

A gradual wearing down or weakening of resistance resulting from constant friction, pressure, or harassment.

A gradual, often natural decrease in size, strength, or number as a result of resignation, retirement, death, or the like.

Syn: enervation, reduction, erosion 

Ant:  augmentation, expansion

To make greater; to become greater

Syn:  increase, expand, magnify

Ant:  curtail, abate, minimize

Noun - Someone who can forecast the future by spotting various signs/indications of what's to come.

Verb - To predict or foretell through signs; to point to or be an omen of.

Syn:  soothsayer, diviner, prophet, seer, (n)

foreshadow (v)

Ant:  n/a

Rigidly severe; severely simple or bare.

Syn:  stern, ascetic

Ant:  affable, flamboyant, gaudy

Genuine, trustworthy

Syn:  veritable, legitimate, bona fide

Ant:  counterfeit, spurious, fraudulent, dubious, bogus