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Atrophy
(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away
Concord
(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, peace, covenant
Disarray
(n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder
Frenetic
(adj.) frenzied, highly agitated
Grouse
(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble
Incumbent
(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
Jocular
(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
Mordant
(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
Pusillanimous
(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
Stratagem
(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
Bastion
(n.) a fortified place, stronghold
Consummate
(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
Exigency
(n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
Flotsam
(n.) floating debris; unimportant or discarded material
Glean
(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
Incarcerate
(v.) to imprison, confine, jail
Ludicrous
(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd
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
Recumbent
(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
