Fall Vocab List #5

acumen (noun)- keen insight.

Because I work at a hair salon, I acquire acumen on the business of hair.

adjudicate (verb)- to settle or determine.
I will adjudicate for cake, even though I wanted ice cream.

anachronism (noun)- something or someone that is not in its correct historical time.
Night at the Museum is a good example of an anachronism.

apocryphal (adj)- of doubtful authorship or authenticity. 
The apocryphal police officer couldn't tell the gangsters to stop vandalizing the city.

disparity (noun)- inequality
There was disparity among the inmates.

dissimulate (verb)- to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.
The criminal dissimulated how he committed murder.

empirical (adj)- derived from or guided by experience or experiment
Our chem experiment was highly empirical.

flamboyant (adj)- strikingly bold or brilliant; showy
The Vegas showgirl had flamboyant ways.

fulsome (adj)- offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive;overdone or gross
The lowly servant was being fulsome to the five-star hotel's dinner buffet.

immolate (verb)- to sacrifice
We chose to immolate John because he was the weakest link.

imperceptible (adj)- very slight, gradual, or subtle.
The grade on the highway said 5% but it was imperceptible.

lackey (noun)- a servile follower
I have no reason the get mad at the lackey because they gave me no reason to be upset.

liaison (noun)- a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection. 
I am a liaison between the professional society and the technologists.

monolithic (adj)- consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken
The screen on my iPhone is expected to be monolithic.

mot juste (noun)- the exact, appropriate word 
When somebody comes up with a mot juste it is a perfect moment in language.

nihilism (noun)- total rejection of established laws and institutions.
Some foreigners are nihilistic.

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

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

sic (verb)-to incite to attack 
My brother sicced me.

sublimate(adj)-to make nobler or purer

Sublimating a solution will make it purer.