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COMP Vocab #1 - DEF
Sadlier, Level H, Unit 1 - DEF
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| (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 a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary position | ADJUNCT |
| (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 |
| (v) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket | CATERWAUL |
| (adj) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible | CHIMERICAL |
| (adj) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date | EFFETE |
| (n) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action | FAIT ACCOMPLI |
| (adj) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservatiive | HIDEBOUND |
| (n) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. | HIERARCHY |
| (n) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship | LITURGY |
| (n) something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion | MIRAGE |
| (n) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand | MORASS |
| (adj) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious | NOISOME |
| (adj) forgetful; unaware | OBLIVIOUS |
| (n) a base coward | POLTROON |
| (n) a convert; a discipline | PROSELYTE |
| (adj) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely | QUASI |
| (n) good-humored ridicule; teasing | RAILLERY |
| (adj) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language | RIBALD |
| (adj) lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive | SUPINE |
| (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 | VIGNETTE |