Sunday, September 9, 2012

Vocabulary: Fall List #5

acumen
adjudicate
anachronism
apocryphal
disparity
dissimulate
empirical
flamboyant
fulsome
immolate
imperceptible
lackey
liaison
monolithic
mot juste
nihilism
patrician
propitiate
sic
sublimate

10 comments:

  1. What are the last five words after monolithic?? They all kind of mush together. It's hard to differentiate between them.

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    1. YIKES! Didn't realize it published as a paragraph instead of a list. Thanks for commenting, glitch is fixed and they're all much easier to read.

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  2. Pretty sure some of them have different definitions just because some had 2-3 definitions each so feel free to correct me.

    acumen (noun)- keen insight.
    adjudicate (verb)- to settle or determine.
    anachronism (noun)- something or someone that is not in its correct historical time.
    apocryphal (adj)- of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
    disparity (noun)- inequalityThere will always be disparity of wealth within this society.
    dissimulate (verb)- to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.
    empirical (adj)- derived from or guided by experience or experiment
    flamboyant (adj)- strikingly bold or brilliant; showy
    fulsome (adj)- offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive;overdone or gross
    immolate (verb)- to sacrifice
    imperceptible (adj)- very slight, gradual, or subtle.
    lackey (noun)- a servile follower
    liaison (noun)- a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
    monolithic (adj)- consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken
    mot juste (noun)- the exact, appropriate word
    nihilism (noun)- total rejection of established laws and institutions.
    patrician (noun)- a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
    propitiate (verb)- to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
    sic (verb)-to incite to attack
    sublimate(adj)-to make nobler or purer

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  3. So I got all of the same definintions as Valerie but these were the ones that I did not get the same as her.

    Liaison- (noun) the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc


    Sublimate- (adjective/ verb with object) 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

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    1. Yes I got the same definition for liaison and for sublimate. I am pretty sure Valerie is right on the definition for sublimate but I don’t know who is right for liaison. What are you using to get the definitions?I am using dictionary.com

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  5. Thanks Valerie & E'Ana! I think the two sets of definitions for sublimate and liaison say essentially the same things. I prefer the second set because it's more detailed/specific.

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