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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
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bellwether
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n- the male sheep that leadds the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends
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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
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chimerical
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adj- absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible
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effete
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worn out
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fait accompli
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n- an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
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hidebound
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adj- narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
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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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liturgy
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n- a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
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mirage
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n- something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion
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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
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noisome
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adj- offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
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oblivious
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adj-forgetful; unaware
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poltroon
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n- a base coward
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proselyte
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n- a convert; a disciple
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quasi
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adj- resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely
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raillery
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n- good-humored ridicule; teasing
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ribald
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adj- irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language
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supine
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adj- lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive
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vignette
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n- a short description or sketch
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