Vocab

acumen (noun)- keen insight.

• Capable Lawyers with business acumen are the valuable employees to any firm.

adjudicate (verb)- to settle or determine.

• It is important to adjudicate an argument in a debate in order to have a winning side.

anachronism (noun)- something or someone that is not in its correct historical time.

• The dinosaur walking down the street was a total anachronism to this time period.

apocryphal (adj)- of doubtful authorship or authenticity. 

• When someone sounds more like a wise person online then in person, they can be very apocryphal.

disparity (noun)- inequality

• There will always be disparity of wealth within this society.

dissimulate (verb)- to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.

• In order to have the surprise part be a success, we had to plan and dissimulate all the plans in front of Kate.

empirical (adj)- derived from or guided by experience or experiment

• In order to be a successful scientist you must be an empirical learner that is not afraid to take risks!

flamboyant (adj)- strikingly bold or brilliant; showy

• The man who had a PHD in mathematical education was very flamboyant and never humble about his work.

fulsome (adj)- offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive;overdone or gross

• The fact that the terrorists decided to crash a number of three planes on 9/11 was very fulsome and depressing.

immolate (verb)- to sacrifice

• In order to please gods, some religions require you have an alter and immolate items to keep the gods happy.

imperceptible (adj)- very slight, gradual, or subtle.

• The onions were so well cooked that their taste in the dish was very imperceptible.

lackey (noun)- a servile follower

• K-pop fan girls are the most lackey out of all fan girls anywhere around the world. 

liaison (noun)- a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection. 

• A boss is responsible to make a contract and commit to a liaison with his employees.

monolithic (adj)- consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken

• When you buy a box of eggs you want to make sure all the eggs are monolithic.

mot juste (noun)- the exact, appropriate word 

• In order to speak your mind clearly you must find all the mot juste that will fulfill your thoughts.

nihilism (noun)- total rejection of established laws and institutions.

• When a criminal decides to commit nihilism he makes the decision to spend a long time in jail.

patrician (noun)- a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. 

• When kings existed they were a patrician on the pyramid of rank.

propitiate (verb)- to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.

• In order to have a successful club you must have all your decisions propitiated as a leader.

sic (verb)-to incite to attack 

• A bear will sic you without warning if you have food it wants.

sublimate(adj)-to make nobler or purer

• Monks live in ministries  in order to become more sublimate.