WL 10: Vocab Unit 4

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Atrophy

(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away

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Concord

(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, peace, covenant

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Disarray

(n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder

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Frenetic

(adj.) frenzied, highly agitated

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Grouse

(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble

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Incumbent

(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

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Jocular

(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

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Mordant

(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

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Pusillanimous

(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

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Stratagem

(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

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Bastion

(n.) a fortified place, stronghold

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Consummate

(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

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Exigency

(n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

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Flotsam

(n.) floating debris; unimportant or discarded material

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Glean

(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

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Incarcerate

(v.) to imprison, confine, jail

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Ludicrous

(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd

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Nettle

(n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

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Pecuniary

(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

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Recumbent

(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

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