Ap Language Flashcards

4733361662	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
4733362541	bellwether	a person or thing that assumes the leadership or forefront, as of a profession or industry:	1
4733363098	caterwaul	to utter a similar sound; howl or screech.	2
4733363099	chimerical	unreal; imaginary; visionary:	3
4733363315	effete	lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent:	4
4733364194	fait accompli	something already done and beyond alteration	5
4733364195	hidebound	narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible:	6
4733364529	hierarchy	any system of persons or things ranked one above another.	7
4733364530	liturgy	a form of public worship; ritual.	8
4733364886	mirage	an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.	9
4733364887	morass	any confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement.	10
4733365143	oblivious	unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to):	11
4733365277	poltroon	a wretched coward; craven.	12
4733365434	proselyte	a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.	13
4733365844	quasi	resembling; seeming; virtual:	14
4733366274	raillery	good-humored ridicule; banter.	15
4733366275	ribald	vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.	16
4733366550	supine	lying on the back, face or front upward.	17
4733367496	vignette	a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.	18
4733368207	noisome	offensive or disgusting, as an odor.	19