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Unit 1
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English
12th Grade
01/09/2012

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Adjunct
Definition
N: helpful or useful but not essential
ADJ: added or connected in a subordinate capacity
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Bellwether
Definition
N: the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader
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Caterwaul
Definition
V: to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel
N: a harsh or noisy cry
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Chimercial
Definition
ADJ: absurd; impossible
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Effete
Definition
ADJ: lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; sterile or unable to produce
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Fait Accompli
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N: an accomplished and presumably irreverisble deed, fact, or action
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Hidebound
Definition
ADJ: narrow-minded and rigid
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Hierarchy
Definition
N: any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.
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Liturgy
Definition
N: a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
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Mirage
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N: an illusion
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Morass
Definition
N: a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped
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Noisome
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ADJ: offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful
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Oblivious
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ADJ: forgetful; unaware
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Poltroon
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N: a coward
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Proselyte
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N: a convert or disciple
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Quasi
Definition
ADJ: resembling but not actually being
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Raillery
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N: good-humored teasing
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Ribald
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ADJ: irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language
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Supine
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ADJ: lying flat on one's back; apathetic
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Vignette
Definition
N: a short description or sketch
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