Monday, September 10, 2012

Bacov

1.) acumen: The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions
~The mad men must be able to make good business acumen if they want to advertise well.
2.) adjudicate: Make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter
~The committee adjudicates on all of the cities decissions
3.) anachronism: something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
~psshhh The Doctor, that is all
4.) apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
~She told an apocryphal stpry about how the knife got there, the truth was later revealed.
5.) disparity: lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference
~The disparity of the south was deplorable, and parts of it still are.
6.) dissimulate: to disguise or conceal under a false appearance
~Lemony Snicket
7.) empirical: depending upon experience or observation
~The nurse used an empirical idea based upon her experience in the Serengeti.
8.) flamboyant: strikingly bold or brilliant
~ The nebula the visited was flamboyant with color and stars being born right in front of them.
9.) fulsome: disgusting; sickening; repulsive
~American television is fulsome, unlike British telly.
10.) immolate: to sacrifice
~River immolated herself to save him from the Silence.
11.) imperceptible: very slight, gradual
~The imperceptible slope of the road
12.) lackey: a footman or liveried manservant
~Bailey Nelson is my lackey >:P
13.) liaison: a person who initiates and maintains a connection.
For references you need to call upon a reliable liaison
14.) monolithic: characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability
monolithic hull on the Albion
15.) mot juste: right word: exactly the right word or words to express something
Molto Bene! Allons-y! Will you go for a spin in the TARDIS with me?
16.) nihilism: belief that nothing is worthwhile
Just listen to Bohemian Rhapsody
17.) patrician: somebody with the qualities and manners traditionally associated with the upper class
Mr. Darcy--> ci---> Darci
18.) propitiate: win somebody's favor
Huzzah let's go kiss up to teachers!
19.) sic: thus or so
Sic, the world came to an end
20.) sublimate: redirect, to channel impulses or energies regarded as unacceptable
Did you know you can fix that Chameleon Circuit if you just try hot wiring the fragment links and superseding the binary fibula- clusters? ... well you can.

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