Unit 10 Flashcards
Acumen
(n) keenness of insight; quickness of accuracy of judgment Stars who enjoy long careers generally choose their roles with remarkable.
Acumen – quick, smart judgment in a specific field or situation.
Adjudicate
(v) to act as a judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal.
Anachronism
(n) a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other.
apocryphal
(adj) of doubtful or questionable authenticity
mythical
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.
based on observation, experience, or experiments rather than theory or p
flamboyant
(adj) highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold
fulsome
(adj) offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening
Fulsome – overly flattering or excessive.
immolate
(v) to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire, to destroy or renounce for the sake of another.
imperceptible
(adj) extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind.
lackey
(n) a uniformed male servant; a servile follower
liason
(n) The contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact; any close relationships; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking.
Liaison – a person who connects groups to help them work together.
monolithic
(adj) characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity.
Low taper fade
mot juste
(n) the most suitable or 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 class; a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing (adj) belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person
Patrician – a person of high rank or noble birth; someone from an upper-class family.
propitiate
(v) to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease.
pleasing someone to make them less angry
sic
(adv) thus so; intentionally written so
sublimate
(v) to redirect the energy of a biological or syntactical impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel.
to redirect strong emotions into something socially acceptable.
elevate
