The employee showed remarkable business acumen throughout his career.
adjudicate: to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
Since the ruling was indecisive, a third party was assigned to adjudicate the opposing claims.
anachronism: something or someone that is not in its correct historical chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time
Dressing up as Santa Claus for Halloween is an anachronism.
apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity
Her excuse of her dog eating her homework was apocryphal, but later the truth was discovered.
disparity: lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference
Though my sister an I look alike, there is a great disparity in our characters.
dissimulate: to disguise or conceal under a false appearance
It was very difficult for anyone to dissimulate the truth from their mom.
empirical: derived from or guided by experience or experiment
Because she had already lost someone close to her, she was empirical to her friend's pain.
flamboyant: strikingly bold or brilliant; showy
Her flamboyant dress caught the attention of the entire party.
fulsome: offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive
The fulsome dress she had on caught the attention of the fashion police.
immolate: to sacrifice
Katniss sacrificed herself to save her sister from the Hunger Games.
imperceptible: very slight, gradual, or subtle
The incline of the hill was very imperceptible, I had to gradually press the brakes.
lackey: a servile follower; toady
Being a celebrity comes with a lot a lackey.
liaison: 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
Working as a liaison requires one to intervene with the U.S and Afghanistan
monolithic: of or pertaining to a monolith (large statue/stone)
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: total rejection of established laws and institutions
Hitler's nihilism led to the Holocaust.
patrician: a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat
Romney is all for patricians opposed to the middle class.
propitiate: to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate
Jesus is the propitiation for our sins.
When the robber entered the house the owner told her dog to," sic em' boy!"
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
By sublimating her emotions, she was able to hide her true feelings from the crowd.
(If anyone has any different definitions let me know so that I can find the correct one)
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