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Building Your Vocabulary: Key Terms and Their Meanings

Enhance your vocabulary with essential words and their definitions. Explore terms like "adjunct," which refers to something added as helpful but not essential, and "bellwether," indicating a leader or trendsetter. Discover the meaning of "caterwaul," defined as to howl or quarrel, and "chimerical," an adjective describing something absurd or impossible. Learn the nuances of words like "effete," "fait accompli," and "hidebound," which convey specific attributes and characteristics. Expand your language skills and express yourself more eloquently.

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Building Your Vocabulary: Key Terms and Their Meanings

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  1. Unit 1 Vocabulary

  2. Unit 1, VCB Words 1-5

  3. Adjunct (N.) Something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper Synonyms: Associate, addition, accessory

  4. 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 Synonyms: ringleader, initiator, barometer Antonyms: follower, imitator, emulator

  5. Caterwaul (V.) To howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; Synonyms: (v.) whine; (n.) wail, screech

  6. Chimerical (Adj.) Absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible Synonyms: fanciful, visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky Antonyms: realistic, down-to-earth, practicable

  7. Effete (Adj.) Lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date Synonyms: decadent, enfeebled, outmoded Antonyms: thriving, burgeoning, vigorous, dynamic

  8. Fait accompli (N.) • An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action Synonyms: accomplished fact

  9. Hidebound (ADJ.) • Narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative Synonyms: intolerant, inflexible Antonyms: open-minded, tolerant, liberal, progressive

  10. Hierarchy (N.) • Any system of things or people arranged or graded; one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. Synonyms: chain of command, pecking order

  11. Liturgy (N.) • A religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship Synonyms: ceremony, observance

  12. Mirage (N.) • Something illusory, without substance or without basis in reality; an illusion Synonyms: optical illusion

  13. Morass (N.) • A patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand Synonyms: Bog, quagmire Antonyms: Solid ground, bedrock, terra firm

  14. Noisome (Adj.) • Offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious Synonyms: fetid, noxious, vile, loathsome Antonyms: wholesome, pleasant, sweet-smelling

  15. Oblivious (Adj.) • Forgetful; unaware Synonyms: insensible Antonyms: aware, mindful, cognizant, alert

  16. Poltroon (N.) • A base coward Synonyms: craven, dastard, “chicken” Antonyms: hero, stalwart, gallant

  17. Proselyte (N.) • A convert; a disciple Synonyms: novice, neophyte Antonyms: master, teacher, guide, guru

  18. Quasi (Adj.) • Resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely Synonyms: kind of, semi-, as if Antonyms: totally, completely, actually, in fact

  19. Raillery (N.) • Good-humored ridicule; teasing Synonyms: banter, persiflage

  20. Ribald (Adj.) • Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language Synonyms: bawdy, risque Antonyms: seemly, proper, decorous

  21. Supine (Adj.) Lying flat on one’s back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive Synonyms: Prone, prostrate, inert Antonyms: Upright, erect, perpendicular, vertical

  22. 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 Synonyms: thumbnail sketch, anecdote Antonyms: epic, full-length treatment

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