Sadlier Book G Unit 4

atrophy (n. or v.)

when an organ or body tissue wastes away, progressive decline, degeneration, deterioration/to waste away, to wither

bastion (n.)

a fortified place, a stronghold, a citadel, a rampart, a parapet

concord (n.)

a state of agreement, harmony, unamity, a treaty, a pact, a covenant

consummate (adj. or v.)

complete, masterful/to bring to a state of completion, to bring to perfection, to conclude

disarray (n. or v.)

disorder, confusion, disorganization/to throw into disorder, to dishevel, to mess up

exigency (n.)

urgency, pressure, urgent demand, pressing need, an emergency, a requirment, a crisis

flotsam (n.)

floating debris, impovished people, the homeless, floating wreckage

frenetic (adj.)

frenzied, highly agitated, frantic, overwrought

glean (v.)

to gather bit by bit, to gather quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers, to cull, to pick upgro

grouse (n. to v.)

a type of game bird, a complaint/to complain, to grumble

incarcerate (v.)

to imprison, to confine, to jail, to intern

incumbent (adj. or n.)

obligatory, required, mandatory, necessary/one who holds a specific office at the time

jocular (adj.)

humorous, jesting, jolly, joking, waggish, facetious, droll

ludicrous (adj.)

ridiculous, laughable, absurd, risible, preposterous

mordant (adj.)

biting or caustic thought, sharp, bitterly harsh, acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathingne

nettle (n. or v.)

a prickly or stinging plant/to arouse displeasure, to anger or irritate someone, to peeve, to annoy, to gall, to incense

pecuniary (adj.)

consisting of money, related to money, monetary

pusillanimous (adj.)

contemptibly cowardly or mean spiritied, lily-livered

recumbent (adj.)

in a reclining position, lying down, sleeping, resting, prone, supine, inactivest

stratagem (n.)

a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent, a trick, a ploy, aa subterfuge