Question | Answer |
adjunct | (n.) something added to something else as helpful of 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 capacity |
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 |
caterwaul | (v.)to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (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 lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date |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 opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative |
hierarchy | (n.) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. |
liturgy | (n.) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act 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 sisuation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand |
nolsome | (adj.) offesive or disgusting; 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 ridicule; 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 |
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 or end of a chapter |