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+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.