Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
lang vocab 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adjunct | (n.) something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic |
| adjunct | (adj.) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity |
| adjunct | synonyms: (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 |
| bellwether | synonyms: ringleader, initiator, barometer |
| bellwether | antonyms: follower, imitator, emulator |
| caterwaul | (v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel |
| caterwaul | (n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket |
| caterwaul | synonyms: (v.) whine |
| caterwaul | synonyms: (n.) screech |
| chimerical | (adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible |
| chimerical | synonyms: visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky |
| chimerical | antonyms: realistic, down-to-earth, practicable |
| effete | (adj.) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or enable to produce; out-of-date |
| effete | synonyms: decadent, enfeebled |
| effete | antonyms: thriving, burgeoning, vigorous, dynamic |
| fait accompli | (n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action |
| fait accompli | synonyms: accomplished fact |
| hidebound | (adj,) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative |
| hidebound | synonyms: intolerant, inflexible |
| hidebound | antonyms: open-minded, tolerant, progressive, liberal |
| hierarchy | (n.) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. |
| hierarchy | synonyms: 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 |
| laissez-faire | synonyms: no interventional, nonrestrictive, hands-off |
| liturgy | (n.) a religious service or rite; the form of ritual or other act of public worship |
| liturgy | synonyms: observance |
| morass | (n.) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand |
| morass | synonyms: bog |
| morass | antonyms: solid ground, bedrock, terra firma |
| noisome | (adj.) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious |
| noisome | synonyms: fetid, noxious, vile, loathsome |
| noisome | antonyms: wholesome, sweet-smelling |
| oblivious | (adj.) forgetful; unaware |
| oblivious | synonyms: insensible |
| oblivious | antonyms:aware, cognizant, mindful, alert |
| poltroon | (n.) a base coward |
| poltroon | synonyms: craven, dastard, "chicken" |
| poltroon | antonyms: stalwart, gallant |
| proselyte | (n.) a convert; a disciple |
| proselyte | synonyms: novice neophyte |
| proselyte | antonyms: totally, completely, actually, in fact |
| quasi | (adj.) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely |
| quasi | synonyms: kind of, as if |
| quasi | antonyms: totally, completely, actually, in fact |
| raillery | (n.) good-humored ridicule; teasing |
| raillery | synonyms: persiflage |
| ribald | (adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language |
| ribald | synonyms: risqué |
| ribald | antonyms: seemly, proper, decorous |
| supine | (adj.) lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive |
| supine | synonyms: prone, prostrate; inert |
| supine | antonyms: 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 of end of a chapter |
| vignette | synonyms: thumbnail sketch, anecdote |
| vignette | antonyms: epic, full-length treatment |
Created by:
33447
Popular Languages sets