Vocab H COPY Flashcards
(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
Adjunct
(noun) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends
Bellwether
(verb) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel (noun) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket
Caterwaul
(adjective) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible
Chimerical
(adjective) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date
Effete
(noun) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
Fait accompli
(adjective) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
Hidebound
(noun) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.
Hierarchy
(noun) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
Liturgy
(noun) something illusory, without substance or without a basis in reality; an illusion
Mirage
(noun) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand
Morass
(adjective) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
Noisome
(adj.) forgetful; unaware
Oblivious
(n) a base coward
Poltroon
(n) a convert; disciple
Proselyte
