Unit 10

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

(n) keenness of insight; quickness of accuracy of judgment Stars who enjoy long careers generally choose their roles with remarkable.

Question 2

Adjudicate

Answer 2

(v) to act as a judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal.

Question 3

Anachronism

Answer 3

(n) a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other.

Question 4

apocryphal

Answer 4

(adj) of doubtful or questionable authenticity

Question 5

disparity

Answer 5

(n) a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness.

Question 6

dissimulate

Answer 6

(v) to hide or disguise one’s true thoughts, feelings, or intentions

Question 7

empirical

Answer 7

(adj) derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable.

Question 8

flamboyant

Answer 8

(adj) highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold

Question 9

fulsome

Answer 9

(adj) offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening

Question 10

immolate

Answer 10

(v) to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire, to destroy or renounce for the sake of another.

Question 11

imperceptible

Answer 11

(adj) extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind.

Question 12

lackey

Answer 12

(n) a uniformed male servant; a servile follower

Question 13

liason

Answer 13

(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.

Question 14

monolithic

Answer 14

(adj) characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity.

Question 15

mot juste

Answer 15

(n) the most suitable or exact word or expression

Question 16

nihilism

Answer 16

(n) a total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism.

Question 17

patrician

Answer 17

(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

Question 18

propitiate

Answer 18

(v) to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease.

Question 19

sic

Answer 19

(adv) thus so; intentionally written so

Question 20

sublimate

Answer 20

(v) to redirect the energy of a biological or syntactical impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel.

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