Vocab Unit 1

Front 1

Something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; added or connected in a subordinate capacity

Back 1

adjunct - adj' unct

Front 2

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

Back 2

bellwether - bell' weth er

Front 3

to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; a harsh or noisy cry; a racket

Back 3

caterwaul - cat' er waul

Front 4

absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

Back 4

chimerical - chi mer' i cal

Front 5

lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted sterile or unable to produce; out of date

Back 5

effete - ef fete'

Front 6

an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

Back 6

fait accompli - fai tac compli'

Front 7

narrow minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative

Back 7

hidebound - hide' bound

Front 8

any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.

Back 8

hierarchy - hie' rar chy

Front 9

a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship

Back 9

liturgy - lit' ur gy

Front 10

something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion

Back 10

mirage - mir age'

Front 11

a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand

Back 11

morass - mor ass'

Front 12

offensive or disgusting; foul smelling; harmful or injurious

Back 12

noisome - noi' some

Front 13

forgetful; unaware

Back 13

oblivious ob liv' i ous

Front 14

a base coward

Back 14

poltroon - pol troon'

Front 15

a convert; a disciple

Back 15

proselyte - pros' e lyte

Front 16

resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely

Back 16

quasi - quas' i

Front 17

good humored ridicule; teasing

Back 17

raillery - rail' ler y

Front 18

irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language

Back 18

ribald - rib' ald

Front 19

lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive

Back 19

supine - su pine'

Front 20

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

Back 20

vignette - vign ette'