vocab 1

Question 1

adjunct

synonym: associate, addition, accessory

Answer 1

(n.) Something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic

Question 2

bellwether

synonym: ringleader, initiator, barometer

Answer 2

(n.) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; the leader

Question 3

caterwaul

synonym: whine, wail

Answer 3

(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel

Question 4

chimerical

synonym: fanciful, visionary

Answer 4

(adj.) absurd, wildly fantastic, impossible

Question 5

effete

synonym: decadent, enfeebled, outmoded

Answer 5

(adj.) lacking in wholesome or vigor energy; worn out or exhausted

Question 6

fait accompli

synonym: accomplished fact

Answer 6

(n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, act, or fact

Question 7

hidebound

synonym: intolerant, inflexible

Answer 7

(adj.) narrow minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices

Question 8

hierarchy

synonym: chain of command, pecking order

Answer 8

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

Question 9

liturgy

synonym: ceremony, observance

Answer 9

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

Question 10

mirage

synonym: optical illusion

Answer 10

(n.) something illusory, without substance, or without basis in reality

Question 11

morass

synonym: bog, quagmire

Answer 11

(n.) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp

Question 12

noisome

synonym: fetid, noxious, vile

Answer 12

(adj.) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

Question 13

oblivious

synonym: insensible

Answer 13

(adj.) forgetful, unaware

Question 14

poltroon

synonym: craven, dastard, “chicken”

Answer 14

(n.) a base coward

Question 15

proselyte

synonym: novice, neophyte

Answer 15

(n.) a convert, disciple

Question 16

quasl

synonym: kind of, semi, as if

Answer 16

(adj.) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely

Question 17

raillery

synonym: banter, persiflage

Answer 17

(n.) good humored ridicule; teasing

Question 18

ribald

synonym: bawdy, risque

Answer 18

(adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar or indecent in language

Question 19

supine

synonym: prone, prostrate, inert

Answer 19

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

Question 20

vignette

synonym: thumbnail sketch, anecdote

Answer 20

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

Question 20

vignette

synonym: thumbnail sketch, anecdote

Answer 20

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