adjunct (n) ( adj )
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Adjunct (n) ( adj ). Something adds to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; and assistant or helper ( adj ) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity ***addition, accessory. Bellwether (n). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Adjunct (n) (adj)Something adds to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; and assistant or helper (adj) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity
***addition, accessory
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
*** “ring”leader, follow the bell
Caterwaul (v) (n)To howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n) a harsh or nois cry; a racket
***screech like a “cat”
Chimerical (adj)Absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible
***magical, fanciful, chimera
Effete (adj)Lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date
***de“feat”ed, enfeebled
Fait accompli (n)An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
***accomplished fact
Hidebound (adj)Narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
*** “bound” to an idea
Hierarchy (n)Any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.
***the higher up on hierarchy the better
Liturgy (n)A religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
***the clergy may lead the liturgy
Mirage (n)Something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality
***a mirage can look like a mirror
Morass (n)A patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand
***my *ss is stuck in a morass
Noisome (adj)Offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
***noxious
Oblivious (adj)Forgetful; unaware
***don’t notice what’s obvious
Poltroon (n)A base coward
*** “chicken” = poultry
Proselyte (n)A convert; a disciple
***prays a lot
Quasi (adj)Resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely
***kind of
Raillery (n)Good humored ridicule; teasing
***railing each other
Ribald (adj)Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent language
****bawdy, ridicule bald people
Supine (adj)Lying flat on one’s back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive
***supine on your spine
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
**use a palette to sketch a vignette