vocab 4. atrophy (verb or noun) n: the wasting away of organ or tissue v: to waste away – often...
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Atrophy (verb or noun)
N: the wasting away of
organ or tissue
V: to waste away – often from lack of use
Consummate (Adj and Verb)
Adj: Perfect, complete example
The consummate student studies
every night.
Glean (Verb)
To gather bit by bit
Like grain, or information
The judge will eventually glean the truth from the court cases presented.
Incarcerate (verb)To imprison, confine, jail
The convicted criminal was incarcerated for a very long time.
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Incumbent (adj or noun)
Adj: obligatory, required It is incumbent upon you to
wear shoes in a restaurant Usually follows the word
“upon”
Noun: one who currently holds office at the time No one voted for the
incumbent because he did such a terrible job
Ludicrous(adj)
• Ridiculous, laughable, absurd
Thinking I can run a mile when I have been a couch potato for three years is ludicrous.
Pecuniary (adj)• Having to do with
money
I didn’t want to trouble my kids with our pecuniary concerns.
College isn’t just about GPA, there are a lot of pecuniary issues to consider
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Flotsam (noun)• Floating debris
(garbage)• Homeless people
(deragatory)
The environmental protest was over the huge amount of flotsam in the bay.
The human flotsam in the city is just horrible; someone should clean it up!
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