+ Vocabulary Unit 8

+ Adjunct Mr. Brown was an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois; he visited campus frequently and gave guest lectures, but he wasn’t a full-time member of the faculty.

+ Caterwaul Winifred, Sarah, and Mary started caterwauling in horror when they found themselves outside at dawn; as witches, they couldn’t handle being in the sun.

+ Chimerical My dreams of becoming a professional basketball player are starting to become chimerical, though I still hold out some hope that I can be the next Jud Buechler.

+ Effete After overindulging on Thanksgiving, I was feeling quite effete and had a hard time even getting up off the couch.

+ Poltroon I felt like quite the poltroon when I got scared watching one of the Harry Potter movies, but come on, The Prisoner of Azkaban was pretty creepy.

+ Proselyte As we learned in our reading of Bede’s History, the pagan Anglo-Saxons became proselytes who converted to Christianity with a renewed hope in the afterlife.

+ Quasi My wife is a quasi Bears fan; she says she loves them, but I’ve noticed that she’s usually asleep by the end of the first quarter.

+ Ribald Ribald comedians can be funny, but if they are too offensive they might rub some people the wrong way.

+ Vignette Almost, Maine, the fall play that was performed last year at Kaneland, is a series of vignettes rather than one cohesive story.

+ Fait accompli It is a fait accompli that you already know the definition for this phrase; we already learned it this year and you are all so incredibly smart.