Level G Unit 4 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
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 quantities of grain left in the field by the reapers |
Grouse | (n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble |
Incarcerate | (v.) to imprison, confine, jail |
Incumbant | (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 prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely |
Pecuniary | (adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money |
Pusillanimous | (adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
Recumbant | (adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or or resting |
Stratagem | (n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end |
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