Adjunct (n) (adj)Something adds to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; and assistant or helper (adj) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity

***addition, accessory

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

*** “ring”leader, follow the bell

Caterwaul (v) (n)To howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n) a harsh or nois cry; a racket

***screech like a “cat”

Chimerical (adj)Absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

***magical, fanciful, chimera

Effete (adj)Lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date

***de“feat”ed, enfeebled

Fait accompli (n)An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

***accomplished fact

Hidebound (adj)Narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative

*** “bound” to an idea

Hierarchy (n)Any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.

***the higher up on hierarchy the better

Liturgy (n)A religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship

***the clergy may lead the liturgy

Mirage (n)Something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality

***a mirage can look like a mirror

Morass (n)A patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand

***my *ss is stuck in a morass

Noisome (adj)Offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

***noxious

Oblivious (adj)Forgetful; unaware

***don’t notice what’s obvious

Poltroon (n)A base coward

*** “chicken” = poultry

Proselyte (n)A convert; a disciple

***prays a lot

Quasi (adj)Resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely

***kind of

Raillery (n)Good humored ridicule; teasing

***railing each other

Ribald (adj)Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent language

****bawdy, ridicule bald people

Supine (adj)Lying flat on one’s back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive

***supine on your spine

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

**use a palette to sketch a vignette