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| sublimate | v. to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel |
| nihilism | n. a total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism |
| flamboyant | adj. highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold |
| propitiate | v. to make someone or something favorably inclined towards oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease |
| imperceptible | adj. extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind |
| empirical | adj. derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable |
| apocryphal | adj. of doubtful or questionable authenticity |
| sic | adv. thus so; intentionally written so |
| acumen | n. keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgment |
| immolate | v. to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another |
| adjudicate | v. to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal |
| mot juste | n. the most suitable or exact word or expression |
| dissimulate | v. to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions |
| anachronism | n. a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other |
| patrician | n. a member of the ruling class; a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing; belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person |
| fulsom | adj. offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening |
| 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 |
| monolithic | adj. characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity |
| disparity | n. a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness |
| lackey | n. a uniformed male servant; a servile follower |
