Vocab-Unit 4-Level G

Atrophy

The wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away.

Bastion

A fortifies place, stronghold.

Concord

A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, 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 be the reapers.

Grouse

A type of game bird: a complaint: 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.

Ludicrous

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 or measured in money: of or related 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 to gain an end.