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Acuity- Garner
vocabulary for semester I
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English
10th Grade
11/18/2012

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Term
Acuity
Noun
Definition
sharpness or acuteness, perceptiveness
Synonyms-awareness, keenness
Antonyms-unawareness, uncomprehending
Term
Delineate
noun
Definition
1: to trace the outline; draw out
2:to outline or explain something
Synonyms-describe, draw out
Antonyms-distort, misrepresent
Term
Depraved
adjective
Definition
evil, wicked, disturbed, perverted
Synonyms-sinful, corrupt
Antonyms-moral, magnaminous
Term
Enervate
verb
Definition
to deprive of force or strength; weaken
Synonyms-weaken, exhaust
Antonyms-strengthen, refuse
Term
Esoteric
adjective
Definition
understood or meant for only the select view (inside joke)
Synonyms-secret, confidential, elite
Antonyms-overt, public
Term
Fecund
adjective
Definition
very productive or creative intellectually
Synonyms-efficient, productive
Antonyms-feckless, fruitless
Term
Slough
noun
Definition
a place or deep mud or mire
Synonyms-bog, marsh
Antonyms-desert
Term
Slough
verb
Definition
to shed or cast off
Synonyms-to gain, acquire
Antonyms-lose
Term
Plunder
verb
Definition
to take by force or steal wrongfully (pirates!)
Synonyms-loot, pillage
Antonyms-donate, bestow
Term
Emigrant
noun
Definition
someone who has left their home or place of residency
Synonyms-alien, colonist
Antonyms-immigrant, local
Term
Sagacious
adjective
Definition
having/showing acute mental discern; wise;sharp
Synonyms-wise, sage
Antonyms-unwise, dumb
Term
Alluvial
adjective
Definition
deposit of sand or mud (from rivers)
Synonyms-silt, delta
Antonyms-unearthly
Term
Solicitude
noun
Definition
anxiety or concern; showing care, concern, attentiveness about someone
Synonyms-worry, care
Antonyms-calmness, composure
Term
Fiat
noun
Definition
an authoritive decree, sanction or order
Synonyms-authorization, decree
Antonyms-question, request
Term
Figment
noun
Definition
mere product of mental invention;imagined
Synonyms-daydream, dream
Antonyms-reality, ordinary
Term
Garner
verb
Definition
to gather or deposit; to gather, collect, earn or hoard
Synonyms-glean, gather
Antonyms-disperse, seperate
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