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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acumen | keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgment Syn- perspicacity, shrewdness, acuity |
| Adjudicate | to act as a judge in a matter Syn- arbitrate, referee, mediate |
| Anachronism | misplacing of events/objects/persons in regard to each other Syn- chronological order |
| Apocryphal | of doubtful or questionable authenticity Syn- fictitious, mythical, spurious, bogus |
| Disparity | difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality Syn- discrepancy, incongruity |
| Dissimulate | to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions Syn- dissemble, pretend, misrepresent |
| Empirical | derived, dependent, guided by practical experience; verifiable Syn- observed, experiential, pragmatic |
| Flamboyant | highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored Syn- showy, ostentatious, florid |
| Fulsome | offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening Syn- inordinate, repulsive |
| Immolate | to kill as a sacrifice; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another Syn- slay, kill |
| Imperceptible | extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind Syn- minimal, undetectable |
| Lackey | a uniformed male servant; a servile follower Syn- footman, toady, flunky, hanger-on |
| Liaison | communication between groups; someone acting as a contact Syn- intermediary, channel |
| Monolithic | characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity Syn- undifferentiated, massive, dense |
| Mot juste | most suitable or exact word or expression Syn- right word |
| Nihilism | total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism |
| Patrician | member of the ruling class; person of high or noble rank or prominent social standing Syn- aristocrat, peer, noble, highborn |
| Propitiate | make something favorably inclined; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease Syn- placate, mollify |
| Sic | thus so; intentionally written so |
| Sublimate | to redirect the energy of instinctual impulse into a more acceptable channel Syn- rechannel, elevate |
| Apostate | one who forsakes his or her religion, party, or cause Syn- renegade, defector, turncoat |
| Bravado | a display of false or assumed courage Syn- swagger, bluster, braggadocio |
| Consensus | general agreement of opinion, feeling, or thinking Syn- unanimity, concord, accord, harmony |
| Constrict | to make smaller, draw together, squeeze; to stop or cause to falter Syn- contract, curb, restrain |
| Dichotomy | division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts Syn- schism, division, bifurcation |
| Effusive | highly demonstrative; unrestrained Syn- gushy, lavish |
| Euphoria | a feeling of great happiness or well-being Syn- elation, bliss, ecstasy, rapture |
| Gothic | characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and violent events Syn- sinister, eerie |
| Impasse | a dead end; no escape; a problem with no solution Syn- deadlock, standoff, stalemate |
| Lugubrious | sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree Syn- doleful, melancholy, dismal, dolorous |
| Metamorphosis | a complete transformation, as if by magic Syn- change, makeover |
| Mystique | an attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or someone Syn- charisma |
| Non sequitur | inference or conclusion that doesn't follow logically from the facts Syn- illogical reference, unsound conclusion |
| Parlous | full of danger or risk, perilous Syn- hazardous, risky, dangerous |
| Punctilio | a minute detail of conduct or procedure; instant of time Syn- fine point, nicety |
| Quagmire | soft, soggy mud or slush; difficult or entrapping situation Syn- fen, marsh, bog, morass |
| Quixotic | extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations Syn- fanciful, impractical, utopian |
| Raconteur | a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill Syn- storyteller, anecdotist |
| Sine qua non | an essential or indispensable element or condition Syn- necessity, requisite, desideratum |
| Vendetta | a prolonged feud, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge, act motivated by vengeance Syn- blood feud, rivalry |
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