uni 4-5

Atrophy -n.  when the body is decomposing or failure or failure in general, v. to waste away 

Basion - a secured place, defvisvable 

Concord - agreement and harmony, pact, treaty 

Consummate - adj. to perfect and complete in the best way possible, v. is to bring completion and perfection 

Disarray - disorder and confusion 


Exignecy - an urgent need or demand

Flotsam - floating debris, because of ship wreckage or homeless people, is called this since it is unworthy 

Frenetic - widely excited or uncontrolled, highly agitated 

Glean- to extract information from various sources, get information from little bits from here and there

Grouse - a type of bird, or to complain and grumble 


Incarcerate - to imprison, put into jail 

Incumbent - to do something that is required 

Jocular - jesting, joking, humorous 

Ludicrous - laughable, ridiculous, indescribable

Mordant - bitterly harsh, having a critical/mean sense of humor 


Nettle - a plant with prickles or irritating and annoying someone

Pecuniary - relating to money 

Pusilanmouis - cowardly 

Recumbent - sleeping position 

Stratagem - strategy to outwin and opennet 


















UNIT 5 

Acuity - sharpness in the mind or sense

Delineate - to describe or sketch something accurately 

depraved - morally corrupt, wicked 

Enervate - cause someone to feel drained and not energized 

Esoteric - only understood by a small group of people with specialized knowledge 


Fecund - successful in producing offspring, new growth: fertile 

Fiat - an official or formal announcement 

Figment - something that one thinks is real, but only exists in their imagination

Garner - to gather or collect, especially information or approval 

Hallow - to honor as holy 


Idiosyncrasy - a peculiar habit that is unique to a particular group or individual

Ignongmiy - public shame or disgrace 

Mundane - lacking interest, excitement, very boring and dull

Nuance - a small difference in meaning, sound, or expression 

Overweening - showing too much pride or confidence


Penchant - strong attraction or inclination

Reputed - considering a reputation, but it's like not fully accurate its more supposedly 

Sophistry - when you make up fake arguments that sound real only to deceive someone

Scrumptious - rich and magnificent 

Ubiquitous - preexisting and everywhere 

Abject - something extremely bad, hopeless, or bad

Agnostic - you don't believe in anything, skeptical 

Complicity - being involved with someon in bad things or illgeal things 

Derlict - adj. Left abandoned, neglected duty - n. Someone or something that is abandoned or left neglected 

Diatribe - a forceful or bitter attack agaisnt someone or something 


Effigy - a vulgar image created of a hated person

Equity - being equal and fair

Inane - silly, stupid, no meaning

Indictment - accusing someone of a serious crime 

Indubitable - very certain 


Intermittent - stoping and then going again, not contonuis 

Moot - a debate that is unresolved 

Motif - a repeated idea

Perspiacity - desire in observing and understanding 

Plenary - complete or absolute 


Surveillance - someone who watches over someone else

Sylvan - consisted with woods, woody place

Testy - easily agitated 

Travesty - a false or destroyed way of representing something