Monday, September 10, 2012

Vocabulary Week 5

acumen (noun)- keen insight.

adjudicate (verb)- to settle or determine.

anachronism (noun)- something or someone that is not in its correct historical time.

apocryphal (adj)- of doubtful authorship or authenticity.

disparity (noun)- inequalityThere will always be disparity of wealth within this society.

dissimulate (verb)- to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.

empirical (adj)- derived from or guided by experience or experiment.

flamboyant (adj)- strikingly bold or brilliant; showy

fulsome (adj)- offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive;overdone or gross

immolate (verb)- to sacrifice

imperceptible (adj)- very slight, gradual, or subtle.

lackey (noun)- a servile follower

liaison (noun)- a person who initiates
and maintains such a contact or connection.

monolithic (adj)- consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken

mot juste (noun)- the exact, appropriate word

nihilism (noun)- total rejection of established laws and institutions.

patrician (noun)- a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.

propitiate (verb)- to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.

sic (verb)-to incite to attack

sublimate(adj)-to make nobler or purer

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