| A | B |
|---|
| acumen | Quickness, accuracy and keenness of judgement or insight. |
| adjudicate | To hear and settle (a case) by judicial procedure. |
| anachronism | not in chronological order (noun) |
| apocryphal | not accepted as true; fiction |
| disparity | distinct |
| dissimulate | To disguise one's true feelings or intentions |
| empirical | derived from experimentation (adjective) |
| flamboyant | richly colored |
| fulsome | offensively flattering (think of a car salesman) |
| immolate | to sacrifice/destroy |
| imperceptible | subtle |
| lackey | a servant or toady |
| liaison | A close relationship (noun) |
| monolithic | massive, solid, and uniform |
| nihilism | not existing (noun) |
| patrician | an aristocrat |
| mot juste | the right word |
| propitiate | to appease |
| sic | "to be read as written" (used in texts: adverb) |
| sublimate | to modify, elevate |
