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