vocab unit 10
Terms
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- disparity
- a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness
- empirical
- derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable
- dissimulate
- to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions
- flamboyant
- highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold
- acumen
- keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgment
- sic
- thus so, intentionally written so
- imperceptible
- extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
- anachronism
- a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other
- nihilism
- a total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism
- apocryphal
- of doubtful or questionable authenticity
- liaison
- 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
- propitiate
- to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease
- mot juste
- the most suitable or exact word or expression
- sublimate
- to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel
- lackey
- a uniformed male servant; a servile follower
- patrician
- 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
- fulsome
- offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening
- monolithic
- characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity
- immolate
- to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another
- adjudicate
- to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal