Unit 1 Flashcards
Study for a minimum of 15 minutes per day.
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
The male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends.
Bellwether
To howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; a harsh or noisy cry; a racket.
Caterwaul
Absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible.
Chimerical
Lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date.
Effete
An accomplished an presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action.
Fait Accompli
Narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative.
Hidebound
Any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.
Hierarchy
A religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship.
Liturgy
Something illusory, without substance, or without basis in reality; an illusion.
Mirage
A patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand.
Morass
Offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious.
Noisome
Forgetful; unaware.
Oblivious
A base coward.
Poltroon
A convert; a disciple.
Proselyte
