English AP UNIT 1

Question 1

adjunct

Answer 1

something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in a auxiliary capacity.

Question 2

bellwether

Answer 2

the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader; as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends.

Question 3

caterwaul

Answer 3

to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; a harsh or noisy cry; a racket.

Question 4

chimerical

Answer 4

absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

Question 5

effete

Answer 5

lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out of date.

Question 6

fait accompli

Answer 6

an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed; fact or action;

Question 7

hidebound

Answer 7

narrow minded and rigid; especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative.

Question 8

hierarchy

Answer 8

any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order or rank, wealth class, etc.

Question 9

liturgy

Answer 9

a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship.

Question 10

mirage

Answer 10

something illusory; without substance; or without a basis in reality; an illusion.

Question 11

morass

Answer 11

a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped; as in quicksand.

Question 12

noisome

Answer 12

offensive or disgusting; foul smelling; harmful or injurious.

Question 13

oblivious

Answer 13

forgetful; unaware.

Question 14

poltroon

Answer 14

a base coward

Question 15

proselyte

Answer 15

a convert; a disciple.

Question 16

quasi

Answer 16

resembling nut not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely.

Question 17

raillery

Answer 17

good humored ridicule; teasing.

Question 18

ribald

Answer 18

irreverently mocking; coarse; vulgar or indecent in language.

Question 19

supine

Answer 19

lying flat on ones back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive.

Question 20

vignette

Answer 20

a short description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.