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english-vocab-251021
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 or 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 grain left in a field by the Reapers |
| Grouse | A complaint; a type of game bird; 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 |
| Ludacris | Ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
| Mordant | Biting or caustic in thought, 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 our measurement and money; of or relating to money |
| Pusillanimous | Contemptibly cowardly or mean spirited |
| Recumbent | In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting |
| Stratagem | A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or gain an end |