Unit 1

Question 1

adjunct

Answer 1

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

Question 2

bellwether

Answer 2

(noun)
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

(verb)
to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel
(noun)
a harsh or noisy cry; a racket

Question 4

chimerical

Answer 4

(adjective)

absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

Question 5

effete

Answer 5

(adjective)

lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date

Question 6

fait accompli

Answer 6

(noun)

an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

Question 7

hidebound

Answer 7

(adjective)

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

Question 8

hierarchy

Answer 8

(noun)

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

Question 9

liturgy

Answer 9

(noun)

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

Question 10

mirage

Answer 10

(noun)

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

Question 11

morass

Answer 11

(noun)

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

(adjective)

offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

Question 13

oblivious

Answer 13

(adjective)

forgetful; unaware

Question 14

poltroon

Answer 14

(noun)

a base coward

Question 15

proselyte

Answer 15

(noun)

a convert; a disciple

Question 16

quasi

Answer 16

(adjective)

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

Question 17

raillery

Answer 17

(noun)

good-humored ridicule; teasing

Question 18

ribald

Answer 18

(adjective)

irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language

Question 19

supine

Answer 19

(adjective)

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

Question 20

vignette

Answer 20

(noun)
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