Week 1 Vocabulary

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adjunct

n. something or someone that is helpful but not essential

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bellwether

n. male sheep that leads the flock; leader

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caterwaul

v. to howl or screech

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chimerical

adj. wildly fantastical; impossible

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effete

adj. worn-out; exhausted

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fait accompli

n. irreversible deed

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hidebound

adj. narrow-minded; rigid

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hierarchy

n. system of things; order of rank

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liturgy

n. a religious service; public worship

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mirage

n. something illusory

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morass

n. wet ground; swamp

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noisome

adj. offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling

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oblivious

adj. forgetful; unaware

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poltroon

n. coward

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proselyte

n. a convert; disciple

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quasi

adj. resembling but not actually being

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raillery

n. good-humored ridicule; teasing

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ribald

adj. indecent

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supine

adj. lying flat on one’s back

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vignette

n. a short description or sketch

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laissez-fair

n. the practice or doctrine of noninterference in the affairs of others

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