Vocab # 5

 1.       Acumen: The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions

2.       Adjudicate: Make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter

3.       Anachronism: A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned

4.       Apocryphal: Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true

5.       Disparity: A great difference

6.       Dissimulate: Conceal or disguise

7.       Empirical: Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

8.       Flamboyant: of a person or their behavior) Tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness

9.       Fulsome: Complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree

10.   Immolate: Kill or offer as a sacrifice, esp. by burning

11.   Imperceptible: impossible to perceive

12.   Lackey: A servant, esp. a liveried footman or manservant

13.   Liaison: A person who acts as a link to assist communication or cooperation between groups of people

14.   Monolithic: Formed of a single large block of stone

15.   Mot juste: The exact, appropriate word

16.   Nihilism: The rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless

17.   Patrician: An aristocrat or nobleman

18.   Propitiate: Win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them

19.   Sic: used in brackets after a copied or quoted word that appears odd or erroneous to show that the word is quoted exactly as it stands in the original

20.   Sublimate: Divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity

1.       It is rare to see someone with acumen.

2.       The judge made adjudicate after the jury’s decision and the man was given life.

3.       Many characters are anachronism because they are put in a foreign situation.

4.       The foreigner was apocryphal in the town because he was so kind to everyone.

5.       Our president’s decisions show a great disparity between their characters.

6.       The knife was dissimulated as he walked near the counter.

7.       There are people with street smarts that are very empirical and there are people that just think life can be understood through a book.

8.       Class clowns have to be flamboyant or else they wouldn’t be clowns.

9.       The student got bashed by his fellow students for his fulsome towards his teacher.

10.   Many goats were immolated towards God when it was required.

11.   Many people find God imperceptible.

12.   Everyone needs a lackey from time to time.

13.   Liaisons were essential in order to prevent Wars from breaking out in Peace Time.

14.   His grave was covered by a large monolithic but he could still see his disappointed eyes as the man stared.

15.   It’s hard during an essay to find the mot juste that will make your thoughts complete when you’re under pressure.

16.   Suicidal people often get to a point of nihilism before they finally jump.

17.   Many patricians were killed in the French Revolution.

18.   Men will do many reckless things until they propitiate the women.

19.   “He wasn’t the killer” I said but it was too late.

20.   A servant would do anything to sublime.