vocab unit 1

Question 1

something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic

Answer 1

adjunct n

Question 2

added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity

Answer 2

adjunct adj

Question 3

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

Answer 3

bellwether n

Question 4

to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel

Answer 4

caterwaul v

Question 5

a harsh or noisy cry; a racket

Answer 5

caterwaul n

Question 6

absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

Answer 6

chimerical adj

Question 7

lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date

Answer 7

effete adj

Question 8

an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

Answer 8

fait accompli n

Question 9

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

Answer 9

hidebound adj

Question 10

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

Answer 10

hierarchy n

Question 11

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

Answer 11

laissez-faire adj

Question 12

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

Answer 12

liturgy n

Question 13

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

Answer 13

morass n

Question 14

offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

Answer 14

noisome adj

Question 15

forgetful; unaware

Answer 15

oblivious adj

Question 16

a base coward

Answer 16

poltroon n

Question 17

a convert; a disciple

Answer 17

proselyte n

Question 18

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

Answer 18

quasi adj

Question 19

good-humored ridicule; teasing

Answer 19

raillery n

Question 20

irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language

Answer 20

ribald adj

Question 21

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

Answer 21

supine adj

Question 22

a short description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter

Answer 22

vignette n