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Vocab Unit 4 D G
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 4 Definitions 12th Grade Level G
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atrophy | n. the wasting away of a body organ or 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 emergency |
| 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 though, manner, or style, sharply or bitterly harsh |
| Nettle | n. a prickly or stinging plain; v. to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger, to vex or irrate 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 |