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Stadlier Oxford G
WCHS Unit 4-G
Word | Definition |
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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, often pl.) 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 quanities 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 imprision, 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 thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh |
nettle | (n) a pricly or stinging plant; (v) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely |
pecuniary | (adj) consisting of or measured inmoney; of or related to money |
pusillanimous | (adj) contempitbly 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 |