Vocabulary Unit #1
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ajhockey93 on September 5, 2010
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This is a list of words and definitions for Unit #1 from the Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop (Level H).
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adjunct | something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity |
| bellwether | the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends |
| caterwaul | to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; a harsh or noisy cry; a racket |
| chimerical | absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible |
| effete | lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date |
| fait accompli | an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action |
| hidebound | narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative |
| hierarchy | any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. |
| liturgy | a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship |
| mirage | something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion |
| morass | a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand |
| noisome | offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious |
| oblivious | forgetful; unaware |
| poltroon | a base coward |
| proselyte | a convert; a disciple |
| quasi | resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely |
| raillery | good-humored ridicule; teasing |
| ribald | irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language |
| supine | lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive |
| vignette | 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 |
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