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Unit 10 vocab

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264455297adjudicateto act as a judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal; to arbitrate; referee; mediate; to appease, placate, mollify
264455298fulsomeoffensively insincere or excessive; disgusting; sickening; inordinate; excessive, inordinate, repulsive
264455299acumenkeenness of insight; quickness or accuracy or judgement; insight, perspicacity, shrewdness, acuity
264455300dissimulateto hide or disguise one's true thoughts or feelings or intentions; to dissemble, pretend; to misrepresent
264455301anachronisma chronological misplacing of events, objects, persons or customs in regard to each other; a chronological error
264455302empiricalderived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment rather than by theory; so verifiable; observed, experimental, pragmatic
264455303apocryphalof doubtful or questionable authenticity; fictitious, mythical, spurious, bogus
264455304disparitya difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity; discrepancy, incongruity, difference
264455305flamboyanthighly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored, strikingly brilliant or bold; showy, ostentatious, ornate, florid
264455306immolateto kill as a sacrifice, esp. by fire, to destroy or renounce for the sake of another; to sacrifice; to slay, kill
264455307sublimateto redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel; to re-channel, redirect, elevate
264455308mot justethe most suitable or exact word or expression; the right word
264455309propitiateto make someone or something favorably inclined towards oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease; mollify placate
264455310imperceptibleextremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; minimal, slight, undetectable
264455311lackeya uniformed male servant; a servile follower; a toady; flunky; hanger on
264455312nihilisma total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme racism; total repudiation of the "establishment"
264455313liaisonthe contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact; any close relationship, channel; an intermediary, channel, contact
264455314monolithiccharacterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity; undifferentiated, massive, dense
264455315sicthus so; intentionally written so; thus, so
264455316patriciana member of the ruling class, a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing; belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person; an aristocrat, peer, noble, highborn

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