unit 10

Question 1

acumen

Answer 1

keeness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement

Question 2

adjudicate

Answer 2

to act as a judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge

Question 3

anachronism

Answer 3

a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other

Question 4

apocryphal

Answer 4

of doubtful or questionable authenticity

Question 5

disparity

Answer 5

difference in

Question 6

dissimulate

Answer 6

to hide or disguise one’s true thoughts, feelings, or intoentions

Question 7

empirical

Answer 7

derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience

Question 8

flamboyant

Answer 8

highly elaborate or ornate

Question 9

fulsome

Answer 9

offensively insecure or excessive; disgusting, sickening

Question 10

immolate

Answer 10

to kill as a sacrifice by fire

Question 11

imperceptible

Answer 11

extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses

Question 12

lackey

Answer 12

a uniformed male servant

Question 13

liaison

Answer 13

the contact or means of communication between groups

Question 14

monolithic

Answer 14

characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity

Question 15

mot juste

Answer 15

the most suitable or exact word or expression

Question 16

nihilism

Answer 16

the belief that there is no meaning in life

Question 17

patrician

Answer 17

a member of the ruling class; a person of high rank

Question 18

propitiate

Answer 18

to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself

Question 19

sic

Answer 19

thus so, “…..” [sic]

Question 20

sublimate

Answer 20

to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctive impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel