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Vocab Bk H Unit 1-3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adjunct (noun) | Something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristics. Syn: associate, addition, accessory. |
| adjunct (adj) | Added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity. |
| bellwether (noun) | The male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends. Syn: ringleader, initiator, barometer. Ant: follower, imitator, emulator. |
| caterwaul (verb) | To howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel. Syn: whine. |
| caterwaul (noun) | A harsh or noisy cry; a racket. Syn: screech. |
| chimerical (adj) | Absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible. Syn: visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky. Ant: realistic, down-to-earth, practicable. |
| effete (adj) | Lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date. Syn: decadent, enfeebled. Ant: thriving, burgeoning, vigorous, dynamic. |
| fait accompli (noun) | 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, inflexible. Ant: open-minded, tolerant, progressive, liberal. |
| hierarchy (noun) | Any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. Syn: chain of command. |
| laissez-faire (adj) | A philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference, especially with individual freedom of choice and action. Syn: noninterventional, nonrestrictive, hands-off. |
| liturgy (noun) | A religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or the other act of public worship. Syn: observance. |
| morass (noun) | A patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand. Syn: bog. Ant: solid ground, bedrock, terra firma. |
| noisome (adj) | Offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious. Syn: fetid, noxious, vile, loathsome. Ant: wholesome, sweet-smelling. |
| oblivious (adj) | Forgetful; unaware. Syn: insensible. Ant: aware, cognizant, mindful, alert. |
| poltroon (noun) | A base coward. Syn: craven, dastard, "chicken." Ant: stalwart, gallant. |
| proselyte (noun) | A convert; a disciple. Syn: novice, neophyte. Ant: master, teacher, guide, guru. |
| quasi (adj) | Resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually completely. Syn: kind of, as is. Ant: totally, completely, actually, in fact. |
| raillery (noun) | Good-humored ridicule; teasing. Syn: persiflage. |
| ribald (adj) | Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language. Syn: risque. Ant: seemly, proper, decorous. |
| supine (adj) | Lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive. Syn: prone, prostrate; inert. Ant: upright, erect, perpendicular, vertical. |
| vignette (noun) | 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 chapter. Syn: thumbnail sketch,anecdote. Ant: epic, full-length, treatment. |
| aegis (noun) | Protection; patronage; sponsorship. Syn: auspices. |
| apprise (verb) | To inform to; to make aware of by giving oral or written notice. Syn: acquaint. Ant: keep secret, withhold information. |
| bibulous (adj) | Fond of or inclined to drink. Syn: inebrious. Ant: abstemious, temperate. |
| claque (noun) | A group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; enthusiastic or fawning admirers; an opera hat. Syn: fan club, flatterers. Ant: critics, detractors, slanderers. |
| deracinate (verb) | To pull up by the roots; to root out, uproot, or dislocate; to eliminate all traces of. Syn: extirpate, eradicate, expunge. Ant: implant, nurture, foster, instill. |
| exegesis (noun) | An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of a text). Syn: analysis, explication. Ant: mystification. |
| indigenous (adj) | Originating in the country or region where found, native; inborn; inherent. Syn: endemic, domestic, homegrown. Ant: foreign, alien, exoteric, imported. |
| lachrymose (adj) | Given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears; mournful, lugubrious. Syn: tearful, doleful, dolorous. Ant: dry-eyed, merry, hilarious. |
| lexicon (noun) | A dictionary of a language; the special vocabulary of a person, group, or subject; a compendium. Syn: wordbook, glossary. |
| melee (noun) | A confused struggle; a violent free-for-all; a tumultuous mingling. Syn: fracas, brawl, scuffle, donnybrook. Ant: friendly chat, peace and quiet. |
| microcosm (noun) | A miniature world or universe; a group or system viewed as the model of a larger group or system. Syn: epitome, world in little. Ant: macrocosm, cosmos, totality. |
| minuscule (adj) | Very small, tiny. Syn: infinitesimal, insignificant. Ant: huge, massive, monumental. |
| miniscule (noun) | A lowercase letter. |
| obfuscate (verb) | To darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder. Syn: muddy the waters. Ant: elucidate, explicate, clarify. |
| paternalism (noun) | The policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children. Syn: benevolence, solicitude, fatherliness. |
| polarize (verb) | To cause to concentrate around to conflicting or contrasting positions; to cause light to vibrate in a pattern. Syn: split, alienate, estrange. Ant: unite, unify, reconcile. |
| purview (noun) | The range, extent, or scope of something; in law, the scope or limit of what is provided in a statute. Syn: orbit. |
| sanguine (adj) | Having a ruddy complexion; of a naturally cheerful, confident, or optimistic outlook. Syn: flushed, rosy. Ant: bloodless, ashen, pessimistic, gloomy. |
| solecism (noun) | A substandard or ungrammatical usage; a breach of etiquette; any impropriety or mistake. Syn: misusage, blunder. |
| vassal (noun) | A person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance; a subordinate or dependent; a servant. Syn: minion. Ant: overlord. |
| vassal (adj) | Subservient. Syn: servile. |
| verisimilitude (noun) | The quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probably. Syn: realism, lifelikeness, authenticity. |
| ancillary (adj) | Subordinate or supplementary. Syn: auxiliary, accessory. Ant: central, key, primary, principal, main. |
| bowdlerize (verb) | To remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.) Syn: purge, expurgate. |
| condescend (verb) | To come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner. Syn: talk down to. |
| cozen (verb) | To trick; to cheat or swindle. Syn: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle. |
| enclave (noun) | An enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character. Syn: island, subgroup. |
| forte (noun) | A person's strong point; what a person does best. Syn: gift, aptitude, specialty, Ant: weakness, foible. |
| gratis (adj) | Free. Syn; on the house. |
| gratis (adv) | Without change. |
| icon (noun) | A representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion. Syn: emblem. |
| interstice (noun) | Syn: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna. |
| macrocosm (noun) | The universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something. Syn: cosmos, entirety. Ant: model, miniature, microcosm. |
| mountebank (noun) | A trickster or swindler; a charlatan. Syn: impostor, quack. Ant; dupe, "mark," "pigeon" |
| paean (noun) | A song of praise, joy, or triumph. Syn: ode, anthem. Ant: dirge, elegy, threnody. |
| persiflage (noun) | Lighthearted joking, talk, or writing. Syn: banter, jesting, badinage. |
| plethora (noun) | Overfullness; superabundance; superfluity. Syn: surplus, glut, excess. Ant: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity. |
| pragmatic (adj) | Concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions. Syn: down-to-earth. Ant: impractical, visionary. |
| quizzical (adj) | Puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal. Syn: peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive. Ant: unequivocal, unambiguous. |
| rapacity (noun) | Inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder. Syn: avarice, cupidity, voraciousness. Ant: liberality, altruism. |
| schism (noun) | A formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions. Syn: rift. Ant: reconciliation. |
| therapeutic (adj) | Having the power to heal or cure; beneficial. Syn: salutary, salubrious. Ant: harmful, injurious, deleterious |
| virtuoso (noun) | A brilliant performer; a person with mastery skill or technique. Syn: expert, prodigy, maestro. Ant: amateur, beginner, novice. |
| virtuoso (adj) | Masterly or brilliant. Ant: mediocre. |
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