Vocab List 1 Frank

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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 subordinated 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 leads 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 aharsh 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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adj- lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out of date

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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- narow-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 grouind; 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 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; a picture or illustration with edgest that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter