| Term | Definition |
|---|
| atrophy | the wasting away of a body organ or tissue;any progressive decline or failure; to waste away (syn) degeneration, deterioration;wither (ant) growth, development;mature, develop |
| bastion | fortified place, stronghold (syn) citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet |
| concord | a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant (ant) disagreement, strife, discord |
| consummate | complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection (syn) masterful; clinch, conclude (ant) launch, initiate, begin, kickoff |
| disarray | disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder (syn) disorganization; dishevel, mess up (ant) organization, order, tidiness |
| exigency | urgency, pressure;urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency (syn) requirement, crisis |
| flotsam | floating debris; homeless, impoverished people (syn) floating wreckage |
| frenetic | frenzied, highly agitated (syn) frantic, overwrought (ant) calm, controlled relaxed, leisurely |
| glean | to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantitiues of grain left in a field by the reapers (syn) collect, cull, pickup |
| grouse | a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble (syn) to gripe, kvetch, bellyache |
| incarcerate | to imprison, confine, jail (syn) intern, immure (ant) liberate, release, free |
| incumbent | obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of (syn) mandatory, necessary (ant) optional, unnecessary |
| jocular | humorous, jesting, jolly, joking (syn) waggish, facetious, droll, witty (ant) humorless, solemn, grave, earnet, grim |
| ludicrous | ridiculous, laughable, absurd (syn) risible, preposterous (ant) heartrending, poignant, pathetic |
| mordant | biting or caustic in thought, manner or style; sharply or bitterly harsh (syn) acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing (ant) bland, mild, gentle, soothing |
| nettle | a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severly (syn) peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk (ant) please, delight, soothe, pacify |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money (syn) monetary, financial |
| pusillanimous | contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited (syn) craven, lily-livered (ant) stouthearted, courageous, daring |
| recumbent | in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting (syn) prone, prostrate, supine, inactive (ant) erect, upright, energetic, dynamic |
| stratagem | scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end (syn) ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge |
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