Vocabulary Workshop [H] - BAT #1 Review

(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel

(n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket

• poltroon

• raillery

• caterwaul

• bellwether

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

• poltroon

• vignette

• morass

• raillery

(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 or staff in an auxiliary capacity

• adjunct

• effete

• oblivious

• ribald

(n) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above the other in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.

• proselyte

• hierarchy

• vignette

• fait accompli

(adj) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

• effete

• noisome

• supine

• chimerical

(adj.) forgetful; unaware

• supine

• effete

• laissez-faire

• oblivious

(adj) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; out-of-date

• hidebound

• ribald

• laissez-faire

• effete

(n.) a short description or sketch

• fait accompli

• liturgy

• adjunct

• vignette

(n.) good-humored ridicule; teasing

• effete

• ribald

• raillery

• noisome

(adj.) a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or inference, esp with individual freedom of choice and action

• laissez-faire

• ribald

• chimerical

• noisome