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