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Effete Worn-out or exhausted; out-of-date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sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date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