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20 Cards in this Set
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acumen
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n- sharp or quick insight
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adjudicate
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v- to act as a judge
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anachronism
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n- a chronological misplacing of events
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apocryphal
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adj- doubtful of authenticity
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disparity
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n- indifference/ inequality
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dissimulate
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v- to hide/ pretend real feelings
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empirical
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adj- guided by experiment (observation, not theory)
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flamboyant
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adj- bold, elaborate
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fulsome
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adj- insincere
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immolate
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v- to kill as a sacrifice (esp. fire)
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imperceptible
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adj- could hardly be perceived
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lackey
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n- a male servant, servile people
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liaison
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n- contact between groups
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monolithic
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marked by massiveness
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mot juste
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n- the exact, appropriate word
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nihilism
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n- total rejection of laws and moral values/ rules
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patrician
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n- member of a high class
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propitiate
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v- to satisfy or appease someone/ something
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sic
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adj- just as this appears, the way it was, this so/intentionally
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sublimate
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v- to redirect the energy to a calmer/ subtle state
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