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Adjunct
(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 a auxillary capacity
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Bellwether
the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends
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Caterwaul
(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket
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Chimerical
absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible
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Effete
lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date
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Fait Accompli
(n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
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Hidebound
narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
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Hierarchy
(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
a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
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Mirage
something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion
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Morass
a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand
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Noisome
offensively malodorous
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Oblivious
forgetful; unaware
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Proselyte
a convert; a disciple
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Quasi
resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely
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Raillery
good-humored ridicule; teasing
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Ribald
irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language
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Supine
lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive
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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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