acumen (noun)- keen
insight.
With incredible acumen in business, the entrepreneur made lots of money.
adjudicate (verb)- to settle or determine.
The judge adjudicated the punishment for the criminal.
anachronism (noun)- something or someone that is not in its correct historical time.
The reference to cars in a movie based in the 1800's is considered an anachronism.
apocryphal (adj)- of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
The defendant presented the judge with apocryphal evidence.
disparity (noun)- inequality
There has always been disparity of ethnicities within this society.
dissimulate (verb)- to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.
The police couldn't find the fugitive because he was dissimulated within a crowd of people.
empirical (adj)- derived from or guided by experience or experiment
Decision making should be empirical.
flamboyant (adj)- strikingly bold or brilliant; show
His idea was flamboyant, the outcome was great.
fulsome (adj)- offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive;overdone or gross:
Having entered the ball, Stephanie realized that her dress might have been a little fulsome compared to the flamboyant attire everyone else had on.
immolate (verb)- to sacrifice One must immolate sleep, time and energy to obtain success.
imperceptible (adj)- very slight, gradual, or subtle.
Erosion of rock with the flow of water is imperceptible.
lackey (noun)- a servile follower
Every evil villain seems to have a equally evil lackey that supports him.
liaison (noun)- a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
The politician acted as a liaison in order to have a consensus between two other politicians.
monolithic (adj)- consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken
Sculptures from Rome are monolithic because they consist of just one solid rock.
mot juste (noun)- the exact, appropriate word
Dismal is mot juste to describe the man's appearance.
nihilism (noun)- total rejection of established laws and institutions. Nihilism can be a dangerous concept because of its rejection of laws.
patrician (noun)- a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. Patricians were regarded as more important because of their higher ranking in society.
propitiate (verb)- to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
The father predictable propitiated his daughter in order for her to get a job.
sic (verb)-to incite to attack
An owner ordered his dog to sic the robber that intruded into their home.
sublimate(adj)-to make nobler or purer
The sublimated water still tasted like dirt.
With incredible acumen in business, the entrepreneur made lots of money.
adjudicate (verb)- to settle or determine.
The judge adjudicated the punishment for the criminal.
anachronism (noun)- something or someone that is not in its correct historical time.
The reference to cars in a movie based in the 1800's is considered an anachronism.
apocryphal (adj)- of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
The defendant presented the judge with apocryphal evidence.
disparity (noun)- inequality
There has always been disparity of ethnicities within this society.
dissimulate (verb)- to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.
The police couldn't find the fugitive because he was dissimulated within a crowd of people.
empirical (adj)- derived from or guided by experience or experiment
Decision making should be empirical.
flamboyant (adj)- strikingly bold or brilliant; show
His idea was flamboyant, the outcome was great.
fulsome (adj)- offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive;overdone or gross:
Having entered the ball, Stephanie realized that her dress might have been a little fulsome compared to the flamboyant attire everyone else had on.
immolate (verb)- to sacrifice One must immolate sleep, time and energy to obtain success.
imperceptible (adj)- very slight, gradual, or subtle.
Erosion of rock with the flow of water is imperceptible.
lackey (noun)- a servile follower
Every evil villain seems to have a equally evil lackey that supports him.
liaison (noun)- a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
The politician acted as a liaison in order to have a consensus between two other politicians.
monolithic (adj)- consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken
Sculptures from Rome are monolithic because they consist of just one solid rock.
mot juste (noun)- the exact, appropriate word
Dismal is mot juste to describe the man's appearance.
nihilism (noun)- total rejection of established laws and institutions. Nihilism can be a dangerous concept because of its rejection of laws.
patrician (noun)- a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. Patricians were regarded as more important because of their higher ranking in society.
propitiate (verb)- to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
The father predictable propitiated his daughter in order for her to get a job.
sic (verb)-to incite to attack
An owner ordered his dog to sic the robber that intruded into their home.
sublimate(adj)-to make nobler or purer
The sublimated water still tasted like dirt.
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