English 10 Unit 4 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Atrophy | The wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away |
| Bastion | A fortified place, stronghold |
| Concord | A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
| Consummate | Complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
| Disarray | Disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder |
| Exigency | Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency |
| Flotsam | Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
| Frenetic | Frenzied, highly agitated |
| Glean | To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of gran left in a field by the reapers |
| Grouse | A type of game bird; a compliant; to complain, grumble |
| Incarcerate | To imprison, confine, jail |
| Incumbent | Obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
| Jocular | Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
| Ludicrous | Ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
| Mordant | Biting or caustic in though, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh |
| Nettle | A prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger, to vex or irritate severely |
| Pecuniary | Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money |
| Pusillanimous | Contemptible cowardly or mean-spirited |
| Recumbent | In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting |
| Stratagem | A scheme or outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end |
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