Vocab H10

Question 1

acumen

Answer 1

(n.) keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement

syn-perspicacity, acuity

Question 2

adjudicate

Answer 2

(v.) to act as a judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal

Question 3

anachronism

Answer 3

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

Question 4

apocryphal

Answer 4

(adj.) of doubtful or questionable authenticity

syn-spurious

Question 5

disparity

Answer 5

(n.) a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness
syn-incongruity

Question 6

dissimulate

Answer 6

(v.) to hide or disguise one’s true thoughts, feelings, or intentions
syn-dissemble

Question 7

empirical

Answer 7

(adj.) derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than be theory; so verifiable

Question 8

flamboyant

Answer 8

(adj.) highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold
syn-ostentatious

Question 9

fulsome

Answer 9

(adj.) offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening

Question 10

immolate

Answer 10

(v.) to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another

Question 11

imperceptible

Answer 11

(adj.) extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
ant-conspicuous

Question 12

lackey

Answer 12

(n.) a uniformed male servant; a servile follower

Question 13

liaison

Answer 13

(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

Question 14

monolithic

Answer 14

(adj.) characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity

Question 15

mot juste

Answer 15

(n.) the most suitable or exact word or expression

ant-misnomer

Question 16

nihilism

Answer 16

(n.) a total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism

Question 17

patrician

Answer 17

(n.) 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
ant-plebian

Question 18

propitiate

Answer 18

(v.) to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease
syn-placate

Question 19

sic

Answer 19

(adv.) thus so; intentionally written so

Question 20

sublimate

Answer 20

(v.) to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel
syn-rechannel