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Unit 4 Level G
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atrophy | (n.) the wasting away of a body organ tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away |
| Bastion | (n.) a fortified place, stronghold |
| Concord | (n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
| Consummate | (adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
| Disarray | (n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder |
| Exigency | (n.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergeny |
| Flotsam | (n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
| Frenetic | (adj.) frenzied, highly agitated |
| Glean | (v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers |
| Grouse | (n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble |
| Incarcerate | (v.) to imprison, confine, jail |
| Incumbent | (adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a 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, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh |
| Nettle | (n.) a prickly or stinging pant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate 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 resting |
| Stratagem | (n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end |
Created by:
quigleyma
on 2010-01-04