Vocabulary # 5

acumen -The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions

-The employee showed remarkable business acumen throughout his career

adjudicate -to settle or determine

- Since the ruling was indecisive, a third party was assigned to adjudicate  the opposing claims. 

anachronism -at the wrong place in the wrong time

- Dressing up as Santa Claus for Halloween is an anachronism.

apocryphal -Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true

- Her excuse of her dog eating her homework was apocryphal, but later the truth was discovered

disparity -A great difference

- There will always be disparity of wealth within this society

dissimulate -Conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

- The police couldn't find the fugitive because he was dissimulated within a crowd of people

empirical -Based on an observation or experience

- Decision making should be empirical

flamboyant -Tending to attract attention because confidence/stylishness

- Her flamboyant dress caught the attention of the entire party.

fulsome - negative

- 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 -Kill or offer as a sacrifice

- One must immolate sleep, time and energy to obtain success.

imperceptible - very slight, gradual

-The incline of the hill was very imperceptible, I had to gradually press the brakes
lackey -A servant

- Every evil villain seems to have a equally evil lackey that supports him

liaison -A person who acts as a link to assist communication or cooperation between groups of people

- Working as a liaison requires one to intervene with the U.S and Afghanistan

monolithic -consisting of one piece/ unbroken

- The monolithic had all the heroic 9/11 firefighters names engraved. 

mot juste -The exact, appropriate word.

- Boring is the mot juste for the long business meetings.

nihilism -The rejection of all religious and moral principles

- Hitler's nihilism led to the Holocaust

patrician - an aristocrat or nobleman

- Romney is all for patricians opposed to the middle class.

propitiate -Regain the favor of someone by doing something that pleases them

- The father predictable propitiated his daughter in order for her to get a job

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

sublimate-to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use

-By sublimating her emotions, she was able to hide her true feelings from the crowd