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(n.) something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper.
(adj.) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty in an auxiliary capacity
SYNONYMS:associate,addition,accessory |
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(n.) 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,barometer |
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(v.)to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel
(n.)a harsh or noisy cry; a racket
SYNONYMS:(v) whine; (n)wail, screech |
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(adj)absurb;wildly fantastic;impossible
SYNONYMS:fanciful, visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky |
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(adj)lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date
SYNONYMS:decadent, enfeebled, outmoded |
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(n) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed,fact,or action.
SYNONYMS: accomplished fact |
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(adj)narrow-minded and rigid,especially in opinions or prejudices;stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
SYNONYMS:intolerant, inflexible |
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(n)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 |
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(n)a religious service or rite;the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
SYNONYMS:ceremony,observance |
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(n)something illusory,without substance,or without a basis in reality;an illusion
SYNONYMS:optical illusion |
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(n)a patchy of low,soft,wet ground; a swamp;a confusing situation in which one is entrapped,as in quicksand
SYNONYMS:bog,quagmire |
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(adj)offensive or disgusting;foul-smelling;harmful or injurious
SYNONYMS:fetid,noxious,vile,loathsome |
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(adj)forgetful;unaware
SYNONYM: insensible |
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(n) a base coward
SYNONYMS: craven,dastard,"chicken" |
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(n) a convert;a disciple
SYNONYMS:novice,neophyte |
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(adj) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely
SYNONYMS: kind of,semi-,as if |
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(n)good-humored ridicule;teasing
SYNONYMS:banter,persiflage |
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(adj)irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar,or indecent in language
SYNONYMS:bawdy,risque |
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(adj)lying flat on one's back;listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive
SYNONYMS:prone,prostrate,inert |
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(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
SYNONYMS:thumbnail sketch,anecdote |
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