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
