Level H Unit 10 Vocab

Acumen

(n.) keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement
syn: perspicacity, shrewdness, acuity
ant: ignorance, stupidity, obtuseness

Adjudicate

(v.) to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal
syn: arbitrate, referee, mediate

Anachronism

(n.) a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or personal in regard to each other
syn: chronological error

Apocryophal

(adj.) of doubtful or questionable authenticity
syn: fictitious, mythical, spurious, bogus
ant: authentic, genuine, true

Disparity

(n.) a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness
syn: discrepancy, incongruity
ant:similarity, likeness, congruity

Dissimulate

(v.) to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions
syn: pretend, mispresent
ant: reveal

Empirical

(adj.) derived from, dependant upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable
syn: observed, pragmatic
ant: theoretical, hypothetical, conjectural

Flamboyant

(adj.) highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold
syn: ostentatious, florid
ant: staid, sedate, decorous, seemly, sober

Fulsome

(adj.) offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening
syn: inordinate, repulsive
ant: understated, muted, restrained, agreeable

Immolate

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

Imperceptible

(adj.) extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
SYN: minimal, undetectable
ANT: conspicuous, noticeable, flagrant

Lackey

(n.) a uniformed male servant; a servile follower
SYN: footman, toady flunky, hanger-on
ANT: lord, liege, employer, boos

Liaison

(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
SYN: intermediary, channel

Monolithic

(adj.) characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity
SYN: undifferentiated, massive, dense
ANT: diversified, variform, multifarious

Mot juste

(n.) the most suitable or exact word or expression
SYN: right word
ANT: misnomer, misusage, malapropism

Nihilism

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

Patrician

(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
SYN: (n.) aristocrat, peer, noble; (adj.) highborn
ANT: (n.) peasant, commoner, plebeian

Propitiate

(v.) to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease
SYN: placate, mollify
ANT: estrange, alienate, provoke, annoy

Sic

(adv.) thus so; intentionally written so

Sublimate

(v.) to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel
SYN: rechannel, elevate