Level h unit 1

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

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

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

Chimerical:(adj) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

Effete:(adj) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date

Fait accompli:(n) an accomplished and presumable irreversible deed, fact, or action

Hidebound:(adj) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative

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

Laissez-faire:(adj) a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction of interference, especially with individual freedom of choice and action

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

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

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

Oblivious:(adj) forgetful; unaware

Poltroon:(n) a base coward

Proselyte:(n) a convert; a disciple

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

Raillery:(n) good-humored ridicule; teasing

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

Supine:(adj) lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive

Vignette:(n) 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