Wayne Clark/ Unit 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assisitant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity.
adjunct
the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends
bellwether
to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; a ahrsh or noisy cry; a racket
caterwaul
absurd; widly fantastic; impossible
chimerical
lacking in wholesomevigor or energy; worn-out or exhuasted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date
effete
an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
fail accompli
narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinionsor prejudicesl; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
hidebound
any system of things or people aranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, ect…
hierarchy
a religious service or rite; the form ofr a ritual or other act of public worship
liturgy
something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion
mirage
a pstch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand
morass
offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
noisome
forgetful; unaware
oblivious
suggestionsof ridicule
railery
coarse jesture
ribald
penetraing thought or insight
vignette
failure to stand up for something
poltroon
fame and prestige
quasi
extrodinary success
proselytizing
submission to athourity
supine
