Rebecca Bowdren/Unit 1 Flashcards
(n.) something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; (adj.) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity.
adjunct
(n.) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends.
bellwether
(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket
caterwaul
(adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible
chimerical
(adj.) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date.
effete
(n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
fait accompli
(adj.) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
hidebound
(n.) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.
hierarchy
(n.) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
liturgy
(n.) something illusory, without substance or without a basis in reality; an illusion
mirage
(n.) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand
morass
(adj.) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
noisome
(adj.) forgetful; unaware
oblivious
(n.) a base coward
poltroon
(n.) a convert; a disciple
proselyte
