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Adjuct 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 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 lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date fait accompli (n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action hidebound (adj.)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 heirarchy n- any system of things or people arranged or graded one above the other 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 situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand noisome (adj.) offensive 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