acumen (noun)-
keen insight.
Spiderman's spidey senses gave him an acumen to where danger would strike next
adjudicate (verb)-
to settle or determine.
Unfortunately Spiderman's insight lead him to attack a young lad holding scissors upside down, and breaking his leg, leading him to pay his salary to the young man's parents after they adjudicated the matter in court.
anachronism (noun)-
something or someone that is not in its correct historical time.
This lead Spiderman to try to find a more effective way of finding danger, such as video cameras, but being in his original comics, to find technology like that would be an anachronism.
apocryphal (adj)-
of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
So he continued harassing the public over minor situations, which lead people to find his "heroic deeds" of apocryphal value.
disparity (noun)-
inequality
Thor however was saving maidens in distress, and Captain America had once again saved his beloved town, causing quite a disparity between Spiderman and the other super heroes.
dissimulate (verb)-
to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.
It wasn't long until instead of Peter Parker dissimulating as Spiderman, it was Spiderman dissimulating as Peter Parker.
empirical (adj)-
derived from or guided by experience or experiment
Spiderman comics took a huge hit in sales, and the comic book author created an empirical plan to sell comic cooks as he once had.
flamboyant (adj)-
He started by giving Spiderman a flamboyant new outfit, in order to attract the female audience.
fulsome (adj)- offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive;overdone or gross
Next, he took out Spiderman's fulsome attacks on the innocent.
immolate (verb)-
to sacrifice
In order to get a larger audience, he had to immolate Spiderman's flaws and make him into the perfect superhero.
imperceptible (adj)-
very slight, gradual, or subtle.
Spiderman's new flaws were imperceptible to the audience, and profits flowed.
lackey (noun)-
a servile follower
The series once again had lackeys who would buy the next edition of the comic no matter the quality, just to follow Spiderman's great deeds.
liaison (noun)-
a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
The comics grew so popular the public hired a liaison as a reporter into the author's life.
monolithic (adj)-
consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken
Although Spiderman's legacy was not monolithic, it had flourished in this new remake of the series.
mot juste (noun)-
the exact, appropriate word
However, other superheroes started to become jealous, as a recent poll had shown Spiderman to be the mot juste for hero.
nihilism (noun)-
total rejection of established laws and institutions.
They knew the new Avengers movie was coming up, and in complete nihilism, prevented Spiderman from being in the movie due to their jealousy.
patrician (noun)-
a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
With their earnings, the heroes paid of patrician Nick Fury to ban him from their endeavor.
propitiate (verb)-
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
Nick Fury thought at first Spiderman could be a great help to his cause, quickly changed his mind after Black Widdow propitiated to him to ban Spiderman.
sic (verb)-
to incite to attack, or to attack
The other heroes had sicced Spiderman's reputation in this action, but Spiderman choose to be the bigger superhero.
sublimate(adj)-
(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
In fact, in not replying to these attacks on his reputation, Spiderman sublimated this negative energy to help him become the most noble of all of the Marvel superheroes.
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