Unit 10

Question 1

acumen

Answer 1

n. keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement

Question 2

adjudicate

Answer 2

v. to act as 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

v. 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

flamboyant

Answer 7

adj. highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold

Question 8

fulsome

Answer 8

adj. offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening

Question 9

immolate

Answer 9

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

Question 10

imperceptible

Answer 10

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

Question 11

lackey

Answer 11

n. a uniformed male servent; a servile follower

Question 12

liaison

Answer 12

n. the contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact; any close relationship; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking

Question 13

monolithic

Answer 13

adj. characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity

Question 14

nihilism

Answer 14

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

Question 15

patrician

Answer 15

n. a member of the ruling class; a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing; belonging to, befitting or characteristic of such a person

Question 16

propitiate

Answer 16

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

Question 17

sublimate

Answer 17

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

Question 18

sic

Answer 18

adv. thus so; intentionally written so

Question 19

mot juste

Answer 19

n. the most suitable or exact word or expression

Question 20

empirical

Answer 20

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