Unit 1

Question 1

Bellwether

Answer 1

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

Question 1

Adjunct

Answer 1

(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.

Question 2

Caterwaul

Answer 2

(v) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel. (n) a harsh or noisy cry, a racket

Question 3

Chimerical

Answer 3

absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

Question 4

Effete

Answer 4

lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of date

Question 5

Hidebound

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Fait accompli

Answer 6

an accomplished and presumable irreversible deed, fact, or action

Question 7

Hierarchy

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Laissez-faire

Answer 8

philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference, especially with individual freedom of choice and action

Question 9

Liturgy

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Morass

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Noisome

Answer 11

offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

Question 12

Oblivious

Answer 12

forgetful; unaware

Question 12

Poltroon

Answer 12

a base coward

Question 13

Proselyte

Answer 13

a convert, a disciple

Question 14

Quasi

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Raillery

Answer 15

good-humored ridicule; teasing

Question 16

Ribald

Answer 16

irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language

Question 17

Supine

Answer 17

lying flat on one’s back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive

Question 18

Vignette

Answer 18

A shot 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