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Unit Four Vocab LWO
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atrophy | wasting away of a body organ or tissue; decline or failure; degeneration, deterioration; wither |
| bastion | fortified place, stronghold; citadel, rampart, parapet |
| concord | state of agreement, harmony; treaty, pact, covenant |
| consummate | complete or perfect in highest degree; masterful, clinch, conclude |
| disarray | disorder, confusion; disorganization, dishevel, mess up |
| exigency | urgency, pressure; requirement, crisis |
| flotsam | floating debris; homeless, impoverished people; wreckage |
| frenetic | frenzied, highly agitated; frantic, overwrought |
| glean | to gather bit by bit; cull, pick up |
| grouse | type of game bird; complaint; kvetch, bellyache |
| incercerate | to imprison, confine, jail; intern |
| incumbent | obligatory, required; one who holds office at the time spoken; mandatory, necessary |
| jocular | humorous, jesting, jolly, joking; waggish, facetious, droll |
| ludirous | ridiculous, laughable, absurd; risible, preposterous |
| mordant | biting or caustic in thought, manner or style; sharply or bitterly harsh; acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing |
| nettle | prickly or stinging plant; arouse displeasure, impatience or anger; vex/irritate severely; peeve, annoy, incense, gall |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money; or related to money; monetary |
| pusillanimous | contemplibly cowardly or mean spirited; lily-livered |
| recumbent | reclining position, lying down, sleeping, resting; prone, supine, inactive |
| statagem | scheme to outwit or to decieve opponent or to gain an end; trick, ploy, subterfuge |