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| adjunct | (n) something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential;as assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic |
| bellwether | (n) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator or trends |
| caterwaul | (n)a harsh or noisy cry; a racket |
| chimerical | (adj)absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible |
| effete | (adj)lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted;sterile or unable to produce;out-of-date |
| fait accompli | (n)an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action |
| hidebound | (adj)narrow minded and rigid, especially in options or prejudices;stuubbornly and unthinkingly conservaive |
| hierarchy | (n)any system of things or people arranged or graded one above in order to rank, wealth, class,etc. |
| liturgy | (n)a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other acts of public worship |
| mirage | (n)something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion |
| morass | (n)a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand |
| noisome | (adj)offensive or distusting; foul smelling; harmful or injurious |
| oblivious | (adj)forgetful; unaware |
| poltroon | (n)a base coward |
| proselyte | (n)a convert; a disciple |
| quasi | (adj)resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely |
| raillery | (n)good-humored ridiclule; teasing |
| ribald | (adj)irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language |
| supine | (adj)lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive |
| vigette | (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 |
| aegis | (n) protection; patronage; sponsorship |
| apprise | (v) to inform of; to make aware of by giving oral or written notice |
| bibulous | (adj) fond of or inclinded to drink; absorbent |
| claque | (n) a group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; enthusiastic or fawning admirers; an opera hat |
| deracinate | (v) to pull up by the roots; to root out, uproot, or dislocate; to eliminate all traces of |
| eleemosynary | (adj) chariatble; dependent upon or supported by charity; dirived from or provided by charity |
| indigenous | (adj) originating in the country or region where found, native; inborn; inherent |
| lachrymose | (adj) given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears; mournful, lugubrious |
| lexicun | (n) a dictionary of a language; a special vocabulary of a person, group, or a subject; compendium |
| melee | (n) a confused struggle; a violent free-for-all; a tumultuous mingling |
| microcosm | (n) miniature world or universe; a group or system viwed as the model of a larger group or system |
| minuscule | (adj) very small, tiny (n) lower case letter |
| obfuscate | (v) to darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder |
| paternalism | (n) the policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children |
| polarize | (v) to cause to concentrate around two conflicting or contrasting positions; to cause light to vibrate in a pattern |
| purview | (n) the range, extent, or scope of something; in law, the scope or limit of what is provided in a statute |
| sanguine | (adj) having a ruddy complexion; of a naturally cheeerful, confident, or optimistic outlook |
| solecism | (n) a substandard or ungrammatical usage; a breach of etiquette; any impropriety or mistake |
| vassal | (n) a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance; subordinate or dependent; a servant; (adj) subservient |
| verisimilitude | (n) the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable |
| ancillary | (adj) subordinate or sipplemantary |
| bowdlerize | (v) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.) |
| condescend | (v) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner |
| cozen | (v) to trick; to cheat or swindle |
| enclave | (n) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character |
| forte | (n) a person's strong point; what a person does best |
| gratis | (adj) free; (adv) without charge |
| icon | (n) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often consitered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion |
| interstice | (n) a small, marrow space between things or parts of things |
| macrocosm | (n) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something |
| mountebank | (n) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan |
| paean | (n) a song of praise, joy, or triumph |
| persiflage | (n) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing |
| plethora | (n) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity |
| pragmatic | (adj) concerned wtih practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstact theory; stiff in one's options |
| quizzical | (adj) puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal |
| rapacity | (n) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder |
| schism | (n) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or seperation of a group or organization into hostile factions |
| therapeutic | (adj) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial |
| virtuoso | (n) a brilliant performance; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj) masterly or brilliant |
