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something added to something else as helpful or useful, but not essential; an assistant or helper, added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity adjunct
ringleader; the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends bellwether
to howl or screech like a cat; a harsh or noisy cry caterwaul
absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible chimerical
lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce effete
an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action fait accompli
narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative hidebound
any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. hierarchy
a philosophy of practice characterized by an unusually deliberate abstention from direction or interference, especially with individual freedom of choice and action laissez-faire
a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship liturgy
a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand morass
offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling noisome
forgetful; unaware oblivious
a base coward poltroon
a convert; a disciple proselyte
resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely quasi
good-humored ridicule raillery
irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language ribald
lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive supine
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
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