Unit 4
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 atrophy | (n) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v) to waste away |
| bastion | (n) a fortified place, stronghold |
| concord | (n) a state of agreement, harmony, unamity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
| consummate | (adj) complete perfection to the highest degree; (v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
| disarray | (n) disorder, confusion; (v) to throw into disorder |
| exigency | (n often plural) urgency, pressure, urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency |
| flotsam | (n) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
| frenetic | (adj) frenzied, highly agitated |
| glean | (v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quatities of gran left in a field by the reapers |
| grouse | (n) a type of game; a complaint; (v) to complain, grumble |
| incarcerate | (v) to imprison, confine, jail |
| incumbant | (adj) obligatory, required; (n) one who holdsa specific office at the time spoken of |
| jocular | (adj) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
| ludicrous | (adj) ridiculous,laughable, absurd |
| mordant | (adj) biting or caustic in thought, manner, style, sharply or bitterly harsh |
| nettie | (n) a prickly or stinging plant; (v) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irrate severely |
| pecuniary | (adj) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money |
| pusillanimous | (adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
| recumbent | (adj) in a reclining position, lying down. in the posture of one sleeping or rest |
| stratagem | (n) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end |
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