Unit 1 Vocabulary AP

	(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 an auxiliary capacity SYN: (n.) associate, addition, accessory
	(n.) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends SYN: ringleader, initiator, barometer ANT: follower, imitator, emulator
	(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket SYN: (v.) whine; (n.) wail, screech
	(adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible SYN: fanciful, visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky ANT: realistic, down-to-earth, practicable
	(adj.) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date SYN: decadent, enfeebled, outmoded ANT: thriving, burgeoning, vigorous, dynamic
	(n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action SYN: accomplished fact
	(adj.) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative SYN: intolerant, inflexible ANT: open-minded, tolerant, liberal, progressive
	(n.) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. SYN: chain of command, pecking order
	(n.) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship SYN: ceremony, observance
	(n.) something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion SYN: optical illusion
	(n.) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand SYN: bog, quagmire ANT: solid ground, bedrock, terra firma
	(adj.) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious SYN: fetid, noxious, vile, loathsome ANT: wholesome, pleasant, sweet-smelling
	(adj.) forgetful; unaware SYN: insensible ANT: aware, mindful, cognizant, alert
	(n.) a base coward SYN: craven, dastard, "chicken" ANT: hero, stalwart, gallant
	(n.) a convert; a disciple SYN: novice, neophyte ANT: master, teacher, guide, guru
	(adj.) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely SYN: kind of, semi-, as if ANT: totally, completely, actually, in fact
	(n.) good-humored ridicule; teasing SYN: banter, persiflage
	(adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language SYN: bawdy, risque ANT: seemly, proper, decorous
	(adj.) lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive SYN: prone, prostrate, inert ANT: upright, erect, perpendicular, vertical
	(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 SYN: thumbnail sketch, anecdote ANT: epic, full-length treatment