vocab unit 1
adjunct: something added to something else helpful or useful, but not essential. an assistant or helper, a valuable quality or characteristic. added or connected in a subordinate capacity, attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity
bellwether: the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse, a leader as in a desperate or violent undertaking, an indicator of trends
caterwaul: to howl or screech like a cat, to quarrel, a harsh or noisy cry, a racket
chimerical: absurd, wildly fantastic, impossible
effete: lacking in wholesome vigor or energy, worn out or exhausted, sterile or unable to produce, out of date
fait accompli: an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact or action
hidebound: narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices, stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
hierarchy: any system of things or people arranged or graded one above each other in order of rank, wealth, class.
laissez-faire: a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference, especially with individual freedom of choice and action
liturgy: a religious service or rite, the form of a ritual or other act or public worship
morass: a patch of low, soft, wet ground, a swamp, a confusing situation in which one is entrapped as in quicksand
noisome: offensive or disgusting, foul-smelling, harmful or injurious
oblivious: forgetful, unaware
poltroon: a base coward
proselyte: a convert, a disciple
quasi: resembling but not actually being, seemingly but not actually or completely
raillery: good humored ridicule, teasing
ribald: irreverently mocking, coarse, vulgar or indecent in language
supine: lying flat on one’s back, listless or lethargic, apathetic or passive
adjunct: something added to something else helpful or useful, but not essential. an assistant or helper, a valuable quality or characteristic. added or connected in a subordinate capacity, attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity
bellwether: the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse, a leader as in a desperate or violent undertaking, an indicator of trends
caterwaul: to howl or screech like a cat, to quarrel, a harsh or noisy cry, a racket
chimerical: absurd, wildly fantastic, impossible
effete: lacking in wholesome vigor or energy, worn out or exhausted, sterile or unable to produce, out of date
fait accompli: an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact or action
hidebound: narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices, stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
hierarchy: any system of things or people arranged or graded one above each other in order of rank, wealth, class.
laissez-faire: a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference, especially with individual freedom of choice and action
liturgy: a religious service or rite, the form of a ritual or other act or public worship
morass: a patch of low, soft, wet ground, a swamp, a confusing situation in which one is entrapped as in quicksand
noisome: offensive or disgusting, foul-smelling, harmful or injurious
oblivious: forgetful, unaware
poltroon: a base coward
proselyte: a convert, a disciple
quasi: resembling but not actually being, seemingly but not actually or completely
raillery: good humored ridicule, teasing
ribald: irreverently mocking, coarse, vulgar or indecent in language
supine: lying flat on one’s back, listless or lethargic, apathetic or passive