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ap lang unit 4 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atrophy | noun: the wasting away of a body organ or tissue, any progressive decline or failure verb: to waste away A tro phy |
| bastion | noun: a fortified place, stronghold BAS tion |
| concord | noun: a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact covenant CON cord |
| consummate | verb: to bring to a state of completion or perfection adjective: complete or perfect in the highest degree CON sum mate |
| disarray | noun: disorder, confusion verb: to throw into disorder dis ar RAY |
| exigency | noun (often plural): urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency EX i gen cy |
| flotsam | noun: floating debris; homeless, impoverished people FLOT sam |
| frenetic | adjective: highly frenzied, highly agitated fre NET ic |
| glean | verb: to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers GLEAN |
| grouse | noun: a type of game bird; a complaint verb: to complain, grumble GROUSE |
| incarcerate | verb: to imprison, confine, jail in CAR cer ate |
| incumbent | adjective: obligatory, required noun: one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of in CUM bent |
| jocular | adjective: humorous, jesting, jolly, joking JOC u lar |
| ludicrous | adjective: ridiculous, laughable, absurd LUD i crous |
| mordant | adjective: biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh MOR dant |
| nettle | noun: a prickly or stinging plant verb: to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely NET tle |
| pecuniary | adjective: consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money pe CU ni ar y |
| pusillanimous | adjective: contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited pu sil LAN i mous |
| recumbent | adjective: in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting re CUM bent |
| strategem | noun: a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end STRAT a gem |