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adjunct
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(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 |
Syn - (n) an auxiliary, associate
- (adj) an addition, accessory |
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bellwether
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(n) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse
a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking an indicator of trends |
Syn - a ringleader, initiator
- a barometer Ant - a follower, imitator, emulator |
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caterwaul
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(v) to howl or screech like a cat
to quarrel (n) a harsh or noisy cry a racket |
Syn - (v) to howl, whine
- (n) a wail, screech |
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chimerical
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(adj) absurd
wildly fantastic impossible |
Syn - fanciful, visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky
Ant - realistic, down-to-earth, practicable |
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effete
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(adj) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy
worn-out our exhausted sterile or unable to produce out-of-date |
Syn - decadent, sterile, enfeebled
- outmoded Ant - thriving, burgeoning - vigorous, dynamic |
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fait accompli
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(n) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
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Syn - an accomplished fact, irreversible situation
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hidebound
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(adj) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices
stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative |
Syn - narrow-minded, intolerant, inflexible
Any - open-minded, tolerant, liberal, progressive |
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hierarchy
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(n) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.
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Syn - a chain of command, pecking order
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liturgy
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(n) a religious service or tire
the form of a ritual or other act of public worship |
Syn - a ceremony, rite, ritual, observance
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mirage
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(n) something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality
an illusion |
Syn - an optical illusion, will-'o-the-wisp
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morass
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(n) a patch of low, soft, wet ground
a swamp a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand |
Syn - a swamp, bog, quagmire
Ant - solid ground, bedrock, terra firma |
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noisome
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(adj) offensive or disgusting
foul-smelling harmful or injurious |
Syn - fetid, noxious
- vile, loathsome Ant - wholesome, pleasant, sweet-smelling |
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oblivious
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(adj) forgetful
unaware |
Syn - forgetful
unaware, insensible Ant - aware, mindful, cognizant, alert |
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poltroon
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(n) a base coward
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Syn - a coward, craven, dastard, "chicken"
Ant - a hero, stalwart, gallant |
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proselyte
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(n) a convert
a disciple |
Syn - a convert, novice, desciple, neophyte
Ant - a master, teacher, guide, guru |
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quasi-
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(adj) resembling but not actually being
seemingly but not actually or completely (adv) partly, somewhat, or to some degree (used in combination) |
Syn - resembling, kind of, semi-, as if
Ant - totally, completely - actually, in fact |
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raillery
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(n) good-humored ridicule
teasing |
Syn - banter, teasing, persiflage
- ridicule |
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ribald
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(adj) irreverently mocking
coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language |
Syn - bawdy, indecent
- risqué - coarse, vulgar Ant - seemly, decorous, proper, not smutty |
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supine
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(adj) lying flat on one's back
listless or lethargic apathetic or passive |
Syn - prone, prostrate
- inert, apathetic Ant - upright, erect, perpendicular, vertical |
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vignette
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(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 |
Syn - a thumbnail sketch, anecdote
Ant - an epic, full-length treatment |
