Vocab Workshop 10-12

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n. keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgment

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ACUMEN

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v. to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal

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ADJUDICATE

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n. a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other

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ANACHRONISM

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adj. of doubtful or questionable authenticity

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APOCRYPHAL

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n. a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness

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DISPARITY

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v. to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions

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DISSIMULATE

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adj. derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable

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EMPIRICAL

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adj. highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold

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FLAMBOYANT

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adj. offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening

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FULSOME

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v. to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another

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IMMOLATE

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adj. extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind

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IMPERCEPTIBLE

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n. a uniformed male servant; a servile follower

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LACKEY

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n. the contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact; any close relationship; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking

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LIAISON

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adj. characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity

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MONOLITHIC

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n. the most suitable or exact word or expression

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MOT JUSTE

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n. a total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism

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NIHILISM

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n. a member of the ruling class; a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing;

adj. belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person

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PATRICIAN

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v. to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or apease

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PROPITIATE

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adv. thus so; intentionally written so

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SIC

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v. to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel

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SUBLIMATE

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n. one who forsakes his or her religion, party, or cause

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APOSTATE

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n. a display of false or assumed courage

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BRAVADO

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n. a collective or general agreement of opinion, feeling, or thinking

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CONSENSUS

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v. to make smaller or narrower; draw together, squeeze; to stop or cause to falter

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CONSTRICT

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n. a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts; a branching or forking in an ancestral line

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DICHOTOMY

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adj. highly demonstrative; unrestrained

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EFFUSIVE

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n. a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective basis

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EUPHORIA

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adj. characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; such a literary or artistic style; a type of medieval architecture

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GOTHIC

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n. a dead end; a position from which there is no escape; a problem to which there is no solution

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IMPASSE

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adj. sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree

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LUGUBRIOUS

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n. a complete transformation, as if by magic

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METAMORPHOSIS

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n. an aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or someone

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MYSTIQUE

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n. an inference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premises

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NON SEQUITUR

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adj. full or danger or risk, perilous

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PARLOUS

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n. a minute detail of conduct or procedure; an instant of time

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PUNCTILIO

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n. soft, soggy mud or slush; a difficult or entrapping situation

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QUAGMIRE

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adj. extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations

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QUIXOTIC

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n. a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill

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RACONTEUR

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n. an essential or indispensable element or condition

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SINE QUA NON

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n. a prolonged feud, often between two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; any act motivated by vengeance

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VENDETTA

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adj. appropriate; suitable; apt

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APPOSITE

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n. a prophet or seer;
v. to predict, foreshadow

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AUGUR

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v. to defraud, cheat, or swindle; to evade payment of ; to frustrate, thwart

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BILK

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n. the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power

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CHARISMA

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v. to make weak or feeble

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DEBILITATE

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adj. utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent; extremely inferior

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EXECRABLE

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v. to strike against or collide with violently; to encroach or obtrude upon; to make an impression upon

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IMPINGE

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n. a bewildering maze; any confusing or complicated situation

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LABYRINTH

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n. excessive self-love; absorption in oneself

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NARCISSISM

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adj. stingy; meanly small or insufficient

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NIGGARDLY

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n. a dramatic, musical, or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources; a hodgepodge

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PASTICHE

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adj. very uncertain or unsure; dangerous or risky

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PRECARIOUS

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n. a close and harmonious relationship

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RAPPORT

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adj. stressing practicality over other considerations; relating to the belief that what is good or desirable is determined purely by its usefulness

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UTILITARIAN

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adj. devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence, purposeless

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VACUOUS

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n. an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence, or notion

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VAGARY

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adj. capable of living or developing under normal circumstances

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VIABLE

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n. undue or unreasonable fear, hatred, or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foreign or strange

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XENOPHOBIA

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adj. clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre, or ludicrous way;
n. one who plays the clown

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ZANY

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n. a fanatical partisan; an ardent follower

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ZEALOT