Vocab Week One

Question 0

Bellwether

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

Question 1

Adjunct

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

Question 2

Caterwaul

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(v) to howl or screech like a car; to quarrel; (n) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket

Question 3

Chimerical

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(adj) absurd, wildly fantastic, impossible

Question 4

Effete

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(adj) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile, out-of-date

Question 5

Fait Accompli

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

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Hidebound

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(adj) narrow minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkably conservative

Question 7

Hierarchy

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(n) any system if things it people arranged it graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc

Question 8

Liturgy

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

Question 9

Noisome

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

Question 10

Mirage

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(n) something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality, an illusion

Question 11

Morass

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

Question 12

Oblivious

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(adj) forgetful, unaware

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Poltroon

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(n) a base coward

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Proselyte

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(n) a convert; a disciple

Question 15

Quasi

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

Question 16

Raillery

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(n) good-humored ridicule; teasing

Question 17

Ribald

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

Question 18

Supine

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

Question 19

Vignette

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