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atrophy: (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away
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bastion: (n.) a fortified place, stronghold
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concord: (n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
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consummate: (adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
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disarray: (n.) disorder confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder
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exigency: (n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressign need; an emergency
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flotsam: (n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
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frenetic: (adj.) frenzied, highly agitated
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glean: (v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather samll quantities of grain left ina field by the reapers
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grouse: (n.) a type fo game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble
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incarcerate: (v.) to impriosn, confine, jail
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incumbent: (adj,) obligatroy required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
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jocular: (adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
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ludicrous: (adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurb
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mordant: (adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
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nettle: (n.) a prickly or stinging plan; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
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pecuniary: (adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or realted to money
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pusillanimous: (adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
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recumbent: (adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
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stratagem: (n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
