Adjunct Something added to something else as helpful or useful
Bellwether
The male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse;
Caterwaul To howl or screech like a catChimerical
Absurd
Effete Worn-out or exhausted; out-of-date
Something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper
Synonyms: Associate, addition, accessory
The male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate
or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends
Synonyms: ringleader, initiator, barometerAntonyms: follower, imitator, emulator
To howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel;
Synonyms: (v.) whine; (n.) wail, screech
Absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible
Synonyms: fanciful, visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-skyAntonyms: realistic, down-to-earth, practicable
Lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted;
sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date
Synonyms: decadent, enfeebled, outmoded
Antonyms: thriving, burgeoning, vigorous, dynamic
An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
Synonyms: accomplished fact
Narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
Synonyms: intolerant, inflexibleAntonyms: open-minded, tolerant, liberal, progressive
Any system of things or people arranged or graded; one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.
Synonyms: chain of command, pecking order
A religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
Synonyms: ceremony, observance
Something illusory, without substance or without basis in reality; an illusion
Synonyms: optical illusion
A patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand
Synonyms: Bog, quagmireAntonyms: Solid ground, bedrock, terra firm
Offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
Synonyms: fetid, noxious, vile, loathsomeAntonyms: wholesome, pleasant, sweet-smelling
Forgetful; unaware
Synonyms: insensibleAntonyms: aware, mindful, cognizant, alert
A base coward
Synonyms: craven, dastard, “chicken”
Antonyms: hero, stalwart, gallant
A convert; a disciple
Synonyms: novice, neophyte
Antonyms: master, teacher, guide, guru
Resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely
Synonyms: kind of, semi-, as ifAntonyms: totally, completely, actually, in fact
Good-humored ridicule; teasing
Synonyms: banter, persiflage
Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language
Synonyms: bawdy, risque
Antonyms: seemly, proper, decorous
Synonyms: Prone, prostrate, inert Antonyms: Upright, erect,
perpendicular, vertical
Lying flat on one’s back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive
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
Synonyms: thumbnail sketch, anecdoteAntonyms: epic, full-length treatment
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