Week Thirty Vocab Flashcards

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acumen

(noun) - keenness or insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement

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Synonyms: perspicacity, acuity

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truckle

(transitive verb) - to give in to, to yield or submit lamely or submissively

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Synonyms: grovel, stoop, kowtow

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adjudicate

(transitive verb) - to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or a legal tribunal

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Synonyms: arbitrate, referee, mediate

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anachronism

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

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Synonyms: chronological error

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apocryphal

(adj) - of doubtful or questionable authenticity

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Synonyms: bogus, spurious, mythical

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