Unit 10 Vocab

Question 0

Perspicacity, shrewdness, acuity

Answer 0

Acumen

Question 1

(N) keenness of insight;quickness or accuracy of judgment

Answer 1

Acumen

Question 2

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

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Adjudicate

Question 3

Arbitrate referee mediate

Answer 3

Adjudicate

Question 4

(N)A chronological misplacing of events object’s customs or persons in regard to each other

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Anachronism

Question 5

Chronological error

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Anachronism

Question 6

(Adj)Of doubtful or questionable authenticity

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apocryphal

Question 7

Fictitious mythical spurious bogus

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Apocryphal

Question 8

(N)A difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality , a dissimilarity ,unlike ness

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Disparity

Question 9

(V)To hide or disguise one’s true thoughts, feelings, or intentions

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Dissimulate

Question 10

Discrepancy incongruity

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Disparity

Question 11

Dissemble pretend misrepresent

Answer 11

Dissimulate

Question 12

(Adj) Derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory so verifiable

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Empirical

Question 13

Observed experiential pragmatic

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Empirical

Question 14

Highly elaborate, or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold

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Flamboyant

Question 15

Showy ostentatious floorid

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Flamboyant

Question 16

Offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening

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Full some

Question 17

Inordinate, repulsive

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Fulsome

Question 18

To kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire: to destroy a renounce for the sake of another

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Immolate

Question 19

Slay, kill

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Immolate

Question 20

(Adj) Extremely slight incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind

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Imperceptible

Question 21

Minimal undetectable

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Imperceptible

Question 22

(N) A uniformed male servant a servile follower

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Lackey

Question 23

Footman toady flunky hanger on

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Lackey

Question 24

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

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liaison

Question 25

Intermediary channel

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Liaison

Question 26

(Adj) Characterized by massiveness solidness and total uniformity

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Monolithic

Question 27

Undifferentiated massive dense

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Monolithic

Question 28

(N) The most suitable or exact word or expression

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Mot juste

Question 29

Right word

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Mot juste

Question 30

A total rejection of existing laws institutions and moral values extreme radicalism

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Nihilism

Question 31

A member of the ruling class: a person hired or noble rank or of prominent social standing: belonging to befitting,characteristic of such a person

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Patrician

Question 32

Aristocrat Noble Highbourne peer

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Patrician

Question 33

To make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself conciliate satisfy or appease

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Propitiate

Question 34

Placate mollify

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Propitiate

Question 35

The so intentionally written so

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Sic

Question 36

To redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulses into a higher a more acceptable channel

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Sublimate

Question 37

Rechannel elevate

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Sublimate