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| 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 subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity. syn: (n) associate, addition, accessory |
| 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. syn: ringleader, initiator, barometer ant: follower, imitator, emulator |
| caterwaul | (V) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket. syn: (v) whine; (n) whale, screech |
| chimerical | (adj) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible. syn: fanciful, visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky. ant: realistic, down-to-earth, practicable |
| effete | (adj) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhaused; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date. syn: decadent, enfeebled,outmoded. ant: thriving, burgeoning, vigorous, dynamic |
| fait accompli | (n) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action. syn: accomplished fact |
| hidebound | (adj) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative. syn: intolerant, inflexable. ant: open-minded, tolerant, liberal, progressive |
| hierarchy | (n) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order to rank, wealth, class, etc. syn: chain of command, pecking order |
| liturgy | (n) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship. syn: ceremony, observance |
| migage | (n) something illusory, without substance, or with out a basis in reality ; an illusion. syn: optical illusion |
| morass | (n) a patch of low,soft, wet grounded; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand. syn: bog, quagmire ant: solid grounded, bedrock, terra firma |
| noisome | (adj) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious. syn: fetid, noxious, vile, loathsome ant: wholesome, pleasent, sweet-smelling |
| oblivious | (adj) forgetful; unaware. syn: insensible ant: aware, mindful, cognizant, alert |
| poltroon | (n) a base coward. syn: craven, dastard, "chicken". ant: hero, stalwart, gallant |
| proselyte | (n) a convert ; a disiple. syn: novice, neophyte ant: master, teacher, guide, guru |
| quasi | (adj) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely syn: kind of, simi-, as if. ant: totally, completly,actually, in fact |
| raillery | (n) good-humored ridicule; teasing. syn: banter, persiflage |
| ribald | (adj) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language. syn: bawdy, risque. ant: seemly, proper, decorous |
| supine | (adj) lying lat on ones back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive. syn: prone, prostrate; inert ant: upright, erect, perpendicular, vertical |
| 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. syn: thumbnail sketch, anecdote ant: epic, full-length treatment |
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