Vocabulary #5

acumen -The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions
-The employee showed remarkable business acumen throughout his career
adjudicate -to settle or determine
- Since the ruling was indecisive, a third party was assigned to adjudicate  the opposing claims. 
anachronism -at the wrong place in the wrong time
- Dressing up as Santa Claus for Halloween is an anachronism.
apocryphal -Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true
- Her excuse of her dog eating her homework was apocryphal, but later the truth was discovered
disparity -A great difference
- There will always be disparity of wealth within this society
dissimulate -Conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)
- The police couldn't find the fugitive because he was dissimulated within a crowd of people
empirical -Based on an observation or experience
- Decision making should be empirical
flamboyant -Tending to attract attention because confidence/stylishness
- Her flamboyant dress caught the attention of the entire party.
fulsome - flattering to an excessive degree / of large size or quantity; generous
- Having entered the ball, Stephanie realized that her dress might have been a little fulsome compared to the flamboyant attire everyone else had on.
immolate -Kill or offer as a sacrifice
- One must immolate sleep, time and energy to obtain success.
imperceptible - very slight, gradual
-The incline of the hill was veryimperceptible, I had to gradually press the brakes
lackey -A servant
- Every evil villain seems to have a equally evil lackey that supports him
liaison -A person who acts as a link to assist communication or cooperation between groups of people
- Working as a liaison requires one to intervene with the U.S and Afghanistan
monolithic -consisting of one piece/ unbroken
- The monolithic had all the heroic 9/11 firefighters names engraved. 
mot juste -The exact, appropriate word.
- Boring is the mot juste for the long business meetings.
nihilism -The rejection of all religious and moral principles
- Hitler's nihilism led to the Holocaust
patrician - an aristocrat or nobleman
- Romney is all for patricians opposed to the middle class.
propitiate -Regain the favor of someone by doing something that pleases them
- The father predictable propitiated his daughter in order for her to get a job
sic -Used in brackets after a copied or quoted word that appears odd or erroneous to show that the word is quoted exactly as it stands
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sublimate-to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use
-By sublimating her emotions, she was able to hide her true feelings from the crowd