Vocab Unit 1 Level H

Question 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

SYN: associate, addition, accessory

Answer 1

adjunct

Question 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

SYN: ringleader, initiator, barometer
ANT: follower, imitator, emulator

Answer 2

bellwether

Question 3

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

SYN: whine, screech

Answer 3

caterwaul

Question 4

(adjective) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

SYN: visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky
ANT: realistic, down-to-earth, practicable

Answer 4

chimerical

Question 5

(adjective) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date

SYN: decadent, enfeebled
ANT: thriving, burgeoning, vigorous, dynamic

Answer 5

effete

Question 6

(noun) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

SYN: accomplished fact

Answer 6

fait accompli

Question 7

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

SYN: intolerant, inflexible
ANT: open-minded, tolerant, progressive, liberal

Answer 7

hidebound

Question 8

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

SYN: chain of command

Answer 8

hierarchy

Question 9

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

SYN: nonintervention, nonrestrictive, hands-off

Answer 9

laissez-faire

Question 10

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

SYN: observance

Answer 10

liturgy

Question 11

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

SYN: bog
AND: solid ground, bedrock, terra firma

Answer 11

morass

Question 12

(adjective) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

Answer 12

noisome

Question 13

(adjective) forgetful; unaware

SYN: insensible
ANT: aware, cognizant, mindful, alert

Answer 13

oblivious

Question 14

(noun) a base coward

SYN: craven, dastard, “chicken”
ANT: stalwart, gallant

Answer 14

poltroon

Question 15

(noun) a convert; a disciple

SYN: novice, neophyte
ANT; master, teacher, guide, guru

Answer 15

proselyte

Question 16

(adjective) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely

SYN: kind of, as if
ANT: totally, completely, actually, in fact

Answer 16

quasi

Question 17

(noun) good-humored, ridicule; teasing

SYN: persiflage

Answer 17

raillery

Question 18

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

SYN: risqué
ANT: seemly, proper, decorous

Answer 18

ribald

Question 19

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

SYN: prone, prostrate, inert
ANT: upright, erect, perpendicular, vertical

Answer 19

supine

Question 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 at the beginning or end of a chapter

SYN: thumbnail, sketch, anecdote
ANT: epic, full length treatment

Answer 20

vignette