5869292554 | Adjunct | Something added to another thing but not essential to it. A person associated with lesser status, rank, authority, etc., in some duty or service; assistant. | 0 | |
5869292555 | Bellwether | Male sheep that leads the flock, usually bearing a bell. a person or thing that assumes the leadership or forefront, the existence or direction of a trend. | 1 | |
5869292556 | Caterwaul | To howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel. A harsh or noisy cry | 2 | |
5869292557 | Chimerical | Absurd, wildly fantastic; impossible | 3 | |
5869292558 | Effete | Lacking in vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted | 4 | |
5869292559 | Fait Accompli | An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action | 5 | |
5869292560 | Hidebound | Narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices | 6 | |
5869292561 | Hierarchy | Any system of things or people arranged one above another in order of rank, class, wealth, etc. | 7 | |
5869292562 | Lituragy | A religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship | 8 | |
5869292563 | Mirage | Something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion | 9 | |
5869292564 | Morass | A patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand | 10 | |
5869292565 | Noisome | Offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious | 11 | |
5869292566 | Oblivious | Forgetful; unaware | 12 | |
5869292567 | Poltroon | A base coward | 13 | |
5869292568 | Proselyte | A convert; a disciple | 14 | |
5869292569 | Quasi | Resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely | 15 | |
5869292570 | Raillery | Good-humored ridicule; teasing | 16 | |
5869292571 | Ribald | Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar or indecent in language | 17 | |
5869292572 | Supine | Lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic, apathetic or passive | 18 | |
5869292573 | Vignette | A short description or sketch; a decorative design on the title page of a book or beginning or end of a chapter | 19 |
AP Language Unit 1 Flashcards
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