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Adjunct
(n)-something added to another thing but not essential to it
(adj)- joined or associated
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Bellwether
(n)-a leader or one who assumes leadership
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Caterwaul
(v or n)- to utter long wailing cries
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Chimerical
(adj)- unreal, imaginary
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Effete
(adj)- lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate
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Fait Accompli
(n)- an accomplished act
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Hidebound
(adj)- narrow in opinion, stubborn
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Hierarchy
(n)- any system where one thing is ranked above another
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Liturgy
(n)- a form of public worship
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Mirage
(n)- an optical phenomenon
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Microcosm
(n) a little world
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Minuscule
- (adj) very small
- (n) a small cursive script
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Obfuscate
(v) to confuse, bewilder, or darken
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Paternalism
(n) the system or practice of managing individuals, businesses, or nations in the manner of a father dealing benevolently with childre
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Polarize
(v) to divide into sharply opposing factions
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Purview
(n) the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc
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Sanguine
- (adj) confidently optimistic and cheerful
- redish
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Solecism
(n) a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage
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vassal
(n) a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer.
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Verisimilitude
(n) the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability
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Morass
- (n)-marshy ground, bog
- (figurative)- in a confusing situation
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Noisome
- (adj) offensive or disgusting
- foul smelling
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Oblivious
(adj)- unmindful; unconscience, unaware
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Poltroon
- (n)-a wretchful coward
- (adj)-marked by utter cowardice
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proselyte
- (n)-a covert of some movement
- (v)-changing opinion
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quasi
(adj)-resembling; seeming; virtual; a quasi member
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Raillery
(n)-good-humored ridicule; banter
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Ribald
- (adj)-vulgar or indecent in speech, language
- (n)- a ribald person
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Supine
- (adj)-lying on the back, in active
- (figurative)- one is allows to be walked on
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Vignette
- (n)-a decorative design or small illustration
- (v)- photography, to finish
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Aegis
(n) Protection, support
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Apprise
(v) to give notice to; inform
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Bibulous (adj)
(adj) fond of or adicted to drinking
absorbent
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claque
(n) a group of persons hired to applaude an act or performer
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deracinate
(v) uproot; to pull up by the root
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eleemosynary
(adj) pertaining to alms, charity, or charitable donation
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indigenous
(adj)- originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country
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lachrymose
(adj) suggestive of or tending to cause tears; tearful
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lexicon
(n) the vocabulary of a particular language
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melee
(n) hand-to-hand fight or stuggle among several people
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ancillary
(adj) subordinate, assisting
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bowdlerize
to expurgate (to a written book) by remaining passages considered vulgar; to censure
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condescend
(v) to put on down, to patronize
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cozen
(v) to cheat, trick, swindle
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enclave
(n) any small area or group enclosed within a larger one, that protects a group of people
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forte
(n) a strong point, as a person
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gratis
- (adv)- without charge, free
- (adj)- free
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icon
(n) a picture or other representation of something sacred
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interstice
(n) an intervening space, a gap
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macrocosm
(n) the great world or universe
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mountebank
(n) trickster, cheater
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paean
(n) any song of praise, joy
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persiflage
(n) light, bantering talk or joking
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plethora
(n) overabundant
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pragmatic
(adj) pertaining to practical point of view
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quizzical
(adj) perplex, mystified
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rapacity
(adj) given to siexing for plunder or raid, greedy
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schism
(n) division or disunion: opposing parties
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therapeutic
(adj) treatment or curing of desease
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virtuoso
- (n) person who has a special knowldge
- (adj) special trait
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