Vocabulary Unit 10
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CCate on February 16, 2011
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Randolph class of '11, Class of '11, 2011 Randolph
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acumen | (n.) keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement |
| Adjudicate | (v.)to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribune |
| Anachronism | (n.) a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other |
| Apocryphal | (adj.) of doubtful or questionable authenticity |
| Disparity | (n.) a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness |
| Dissimulate | (v.) to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions |
| Empirical | (adj.) derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable |
| Flamboyant | (adj.) highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold |
| Fulsome | (adj.) offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening |
| Immolate | (v.) to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy of renounce for the sake of another |
| Imperceptible | (adj.) extremely slight; incapable of being percieved by the senses or the mind |
| lackey | (n.) a uniformed male servant; a servile follower |
| Liaison | (n.) the contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact; any close relationship; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking |
| Monolithic | (adj.) characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity |
| Mot Juste | (n.) the most suitable exact word or expression |
| Nihilism | (n.) a total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism |
| Patrician | (n.) a member of the ruling; a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing; (adj.) belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person |
| Propitiate | (v.) to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease |
| Sic | (adv.) thus so; intentionally written so |
| Sublimate | (v.) to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel |
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