Vocab Unit 1 English 3 Honors | Sadlier Level H

Adjucent

n) Something that is added while not being essential it is useful; a valuable quality.

adj) added or connected in a lower rank capacity to something else; neighboring.

Bellwhether

n) The male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader or indicator of future trends or developments.

Caterwaul

v) To howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel.

n) A painful, noisy, harsh cry; raclet.

Chimerical

adj) Highly unrealistic; absurd; wildly fantastic.

Effete

adj) Lacking in wholesomeness and positive energy; worn-out, tired and exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date.

Fait accompli

n) An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action.

Hidebound

adj) Narrow-minded and rigid, especially concerning opinions or prejudice; stubborn and unthinking, conservative.

Hierarchy

n) Any system in which people and or things are arranged in a form of tiering, grading on or the other in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.

Laissez-faire

adj) A philosophy or view characterized by deliberate abstention from interference, especially when it comes to individual freedom.

Liturgy

n) A religious service; the form of a ritual or other public worship.

Morass

n) A depression, a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped.

Noisome

adj) Offensive, appaling, vile, disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful.

Oblivious

adj) Forgetful; unaware; ignorant.

Poltroon

n) A complete and utter coward.

Proselyte

n) A convert; a disciple; an underling.

Quasi

adj) Resembling but not actually being; presented as something but in actuality it is not fully or completely.

Raillery

n) Teasing; good-natured humor in ridicule.

Ribald

adj) Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, indecent in language.

Supine

adj) Lying flat on one’s back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive.

Vignette

n) A short description or sketch; inverted radial shadowing; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning of end of a chapter.

Adjunct (Synonym)

n) ssociate, addition, accessory.

Bellwether (Synonym)

Ringleader, initiator, barometer.

Caterwaul (Synonym)

v) Whine; n) screech.

Chimerical (Synonym)

Visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky.

Effete (Synonym)

Decadent, enfeebled.

Fait accompli (Synonym)

Accomplished fact.

Hidebound (Synonym)

Intolerant, inflexible.

Hierarchy (Synonym)

Chain of command.

Laissez-faire (Synonym)

Hands-off, nonrestrictive, noninterventional.

Liturgy (Synonym)

Observance.

Morass (Synonym)

Bog; sinkhole

Noisome (Synonym)

Fetid, noxious, vile, loathsome.

Oblivious (Synonym)

Insensible.