acumen
keeness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement.
adjudicate
to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal.
anachronism
a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other.
apocryphal
of doubtful or questionable authenticity.
disparity
a difference or inequalit in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness.
dissimulate
to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions.
empirical
derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than theory; so verifiable.
flamboyant
highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold.
fulsome
offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening.
immolate
to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another.
imperceptible
extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind.
lackey
a uniformed male servent; a servile follower.
liaison
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.
monolithic
characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity.
mot juste
the most suitable or exact word or expression.
nihilism
a total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism.
patrician
a 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.
propitiate
a 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.
sic
thus so; intentionally written so.
sublimate
to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel.