1. Group 5A Acuity: (n) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) Ex: the acuity of one’s hearing Delineate: (v) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially Ex: delineate the main features of the plan Depraved: (adj) brought to a state of evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles Ex: led a depraved life Emend: (v) to correct; to alter to serve a new or different purpose Ex: emend the report

2. Enervate: (v) to weaken, lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor or, enfeeble, hamstring Ex: a mind that has been enervated by disease Esoteric: (adj) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret Ex: the esoteric rites Fecund: (adj) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive Ex: a remarkably fecund brain Fiat: (n) a arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness Ex: the fiat of conscience

3. Figment: (n) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion Ex: just a figment of your imagination Garner: (v) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use Ex: garner wisdom Hallow: (v) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere Ex: hallow the field on which they fought Nerd Note: HP7=Deathly Hallows

4. Acuity DelineateDepraved Emend Enervate Esoteric 1.Corrupt, perverted, degenerated, vicious 2.Sharpness, keenness, acuteness 3.To correct, revise, rectify; to adapt 4.Occult; cryptic; arcane, recondite 5.To impair; to hamstring, cripple, paralyze 6.To depict, portray, sketch, picture

6. Synonyms: 5A 1.A command, decree, edict, ukase 2.A fabrication, creation, invention 3.Corrupt, perverted, degenerated, vicious 4.Sharpness, keenness, acuteness 5.To consecrate, sanctify; to venerate 6.To correct, revise, rectify; to adapt 7.Occult; cryptic; arcane, recondite 8.To impair; to hamstring, cripple, paralyze 9.To collect, gather, accumulate 10.To depict, portray, sketch, picture 11.Fruitful, fertile, teeming, prolific Acuity Delineate Depraved Emend Enervate Esoteric Fecund Fiat Figment Garner Hallow

7. 1.Fiat 2.Figment 3.Depraved 4.Acuity 5.Hallow 6.Emend 7.Esoteric 8.Enervate 9.Garner 10.Delineate 11.fecund

8. Group 5B Idiosyncrasy: (n) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify Ex: the idiosyncrasy of English grammar Ignominy: (n) shame and disgrace Ex: the ignominy resulting from the scandal Malediction: (n) a curse, expression of hatred and condemnation Ex: hurl malediction at their enemies Mundane: (adj) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary Ex: mundane concerns

9. Nuance: (n) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation of shade of difference Ex: a nuance of meaning Overweening: (adj) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate Ex: overweening pride Penchant: (n) a strong attraction or inclination Ex: a penchant for belaboring the obvious

10. Reputed: (adj) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation (participle) alleged Ex: the reputed head of a crime syndicate Sophistry: (n) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy Ex: beguiled by clever sophistry Sumptuous: (adj) costly, rich, magnificent Ex: a sumptuous feast Ubiquitous: (adj) present or exiting everywhere Ex: the ubiquitous eye of the TV camera

11. 1.An eccentricity, quirk, mannerism 2.Ordinary, prosaic, humdrum, routine, earthly, sublunary 3.An inclination, proclivity, propensity 4.Disgrace, dishonor, humiliation 5.A command, decree, edict, ukase 6.A fabrication, creation, invention 7.Lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid 8.Omnipresent, pervasive, universal 9.A curse, imprecation, anathema 10.Corrupt, perverted, degenerated, vicious 11.Specious reasoning, casuistry

12. 1.Idiosyncrasy 2.Mundane 3.Penchant 4.Ignominy 5.Fiat 6.Figment 7.Sumptuous 8.Ubiquitous 9.Malediction 10.Depraved 11.Sophistry

13. 12. sharpness, keenness, acuteness 13. To consecrate, sanctify; to venerate 14. unbridled, immoderate, inflated 15. To correct, revise, rectify; to adapt 16. occult; cryptic; arcane, recondite 17. To impair; to hamstring, cripple, paralyze 18. To collect, gather, accumulate 19. A subtle variation, gradation, nicety 20. To depict, portray, sketch, picture 21. supposed, alleged, putative 22. fruitful, fertile, teeming, prolific

14. 12.Acuity 13.Hallow 14.Overweening 15. emend 16.Esoteric 17.Enervate 18.Garner 19.Nuance 20.Delineate 21.Reputed 22.fecund