adjunct

something added to something else as helpful or useful but no essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic. added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxillary capacity

syn: associate, addition, accessory

the male sheep  that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends

syn: ringleader, initiator, barometer

ant: follower, imitator, emulator

to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel. a harsh or noisy cry; a racket

syn: whine, wail, screech

absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

syn: fanciful, visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky

ant: realistic, down-to-earth, practicable

lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out of date

syn: decadent, enfeebled, outmoded

ant: thriving, burgeoning, vigorous, dynamic

an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

syn: accomplished fact

narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative

syn: intolerant, inflexible

ant: open-minded, tolerant, liberal, progressive

any sustem of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.

syn: chain of command, pecking order

a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship

syn:ceremony, observance

something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion

syn: optical illusion 

a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand

syn: bog, quagmire

ant: solid ground, bedrock, terra firma

offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

syn: fetid, noxious, vile, loatesome

ant: wholesome, pleasant, sweet-smelling

forgetful; unaware

syn: insensible

ant: aware, mindful, cognizant, alert

a base coward

syn: craven, dastard, chicken

ant: hero, stalwart, gallant

a convert, disciple

syn: novice, neophyte

ant: master, teacher, guide, guru

resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely

syn: kind of, semi-, as if

ant: totally, completely, actually, in fact

good-humored ridicule; teasing

syn: banter, persiflage

irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language

syn: bawdy, risqué

ant: seemly, proper, decorous

lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive

syn: prone, prostrate; inert

ant: upright, erect, perpendicular, vertical

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

syn: thumbnail sketch, anecdote

ant: epic, full-length treatment