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Acuity
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Sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
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Delineate
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To portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially DEPICT
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Depraved
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Marked by evil of corruption, devoid of moral principles CORRUPT
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Enervate
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To weaken, or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of enfeeble, hamstring IMPAIR
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Esoteric
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Intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
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Fecund
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Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive; FERTILE
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Fiat
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An arbitrary order or decree, a command or act of will or consciousness EDICT
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Figment
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A fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion INVENTION, FANCY
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Garner
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To acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
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Hallow
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To set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify
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Idionsyncrasy
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A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
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Ignominy
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Shame and disgrace
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Mundane
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Earthly, wordly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
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Nuance
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A subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality) delicate gradation or shade of difference
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Overweening
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Conceited, presumptuous; excessive; immoderate
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