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Vocabulary Unit 1 Flashcards

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Adjunct

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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

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Bellwether

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

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Caterwaul

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

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Chimerical

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adjective: absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

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Effete

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adjective: lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date

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Fait Accompli

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noun: an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

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Hidebound

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

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Hierarchy

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

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Liturgy

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

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Mirage

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noun: something illusory, without substance or without a basis in reality; an illusion

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Morass

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

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Noisome

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adjective: offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

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Oblivious

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adjective: forgetful; unaware

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Poltroon

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noun: a base coward

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Proselyte

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noun: a convert; a disciple

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Quasi

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

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Raillery

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noun: good-humored ridicule; teasing

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Ribald

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adjective: irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language

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Supine

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adjective: lyng flat on one’s back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive

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Vignette

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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 or at the beginning or end of a chapter

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21
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Synonym of Adjunct

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associate
addition
accessory

22
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Synonym of Bellwether

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ringleader
initiator
barometer

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Synonym of Caterwaul

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whine

screech

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Synonym of Chimerical

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visionary
quixotic
pie-in-the-sky

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Synonym of Effete

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decadent

enfeebled

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Synonym of Fait Accompli

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accomplished fact

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Synonym of Hidebound

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indolent

inflexible

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Synonym of Hierarchy

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chain of command

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Synonym of Laissez-Faire

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noninterventional
nonrestrictive
hands-off

30
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Synonym of Liturgy

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observance

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Synonym of Morass

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Synonym of Noisome

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fetid
noxious
vile
loathsome

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Synonym of Oblivious

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insensible

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Synonym of Poltroon

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craven
dastard
“chicken”

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Synonym of Proselyte

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novice

neophyte

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Synonym of Quasi

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kind of

as if

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Synonym of Raillery

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persiflage

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Synonym of Ribald

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Synonym of Supine

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prone
prostrate
inert

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Synonym of Vignette

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thumbnail sketch

anecdote

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Antonym of Bellwether

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follower
imitator
emulator

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Antonym of Chimerical

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realistic
down-to-earth
practicable

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Antonym of Effete

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thriving
burgeoning
vigorous
dynamic

44
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Antonym of Hidebound

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open-minded
tolerant
progressive
liberal

45
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Antonym of Morass

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solid ground
bedrock
terra firma

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Antonym of Noisome

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wholesome

sweet-smelling

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Antonym of Poltroon

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stalwart

gallant

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Antonym of Proselyte

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master
teacher
guide
guru

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Antonym of Quasi

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totally
completely
actually
in fact

50
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Antonym of Ribald

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seemly
proper
decorous

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Antonym of Supine

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upright
erect
perpendicular
vertical

52
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Antonym of Vignette

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epic

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