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Vocab G Unit 4
Question | Answer |
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atrophy | n. The wasting away of a body organ or tissue...v. To waste away |
bastion | n. A fortified place |
concord | n. A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity |
consummate | adj. Complete/perfect to the highest degree...v. To bring a state of completion or perfection |
disarray | n. disorder, confusion...v. To throw into order |
exigency | n. urgency, pleasure; urgent demand, pressing need, an emergency |
flotsam | n. Floating debris; homeless |
frenetic | adj. Frenzied, highly agitated |
glean | v. To gather bit by bit |
grouse | n. A type of game bird...v. To complain, grumble |
incarcerate | v. To imprison, confine, jail |
incumbate | adj. obligatory...n. One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
jocular | adj. Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
ludicrous | adj. Ridiculous, laughable |
mordant | adj. Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style |
nettle | n. A prickly/stingy point...v. To arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger |
pecuniary | adj. Consisting of or measured in money |
pusillanimous | adj. Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
recumbent | adj. In a reclining position, lying down |
stratagem | n. A scheme to outwit an opponent or to gain an end |