Honors Vocab Unit 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 atrophy | n. the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure v. to waste away syn. n: degeneration, deterioration v: wither |
| bastion | n. a fortified place, stronghold syn. citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet |
| concord | n. a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
| consummate | adj. complete or perfect in the highest degree v to bring a state of completion or perfection syn. adj.: masterful v: clinch, conclude |
| disarray | n. disorder, confusion v to throw in to disorder syn. n: disorganization v: dishevel, mess up |
| exigency | n. urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency syn. requirement crisis |
| flotsam | n. floating debris; homeless, impoverished people syn. floating wreckage |
| frenetic | adj. frenzied, highly agitated syn. frantic, overwrought |
| glean | v to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reappears syn. collect, cull, pick up |
| grouse | n. a type of game bird; a complaint v to complain, grumble syn. v: grip, kvetch, bellyache |
| incarcerate | v. to imprison, confine, jail syn. intern, immure |
| incumbent | adj. obligatory, required n one who holds a specific official the time spoken of syn. adj.: mandatory, necessary |
| jocular | adj. humorous, jesting, jolly, joking syn. waggish, facetious, droll, witty |
| ludicrous | adj. ridiculous, laughable, absurd syn. risible, preposterous |
| mordant | adj. biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh syn. acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing |
| nettle | n. a prickly or stinging plant v to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger, to vex or irritate severely syn. v: peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk |
| pecunairy | adj. consisting of or measure in money; f or related to money |
| pusillanimous | adj. contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited syn. craven, lily-livered |
| recumbent | adj. in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting syn. prone, prostrate, supine, inactive |
| stratagem | n. a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end syn. ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge |
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