Vocab Unit 4

Book G

Atrophy

(n) -Wasting away of body organ or tissue; Any progressive decline or failure.

(v)-To waste away. Syn- degeneration, deterioration Ant- groth, development

Bastion

(n)- Fortified place, stronghold. Syn- Citadel, rampart, bulwark

Concord

(n)- A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; Treaty, pact, covenant.

Ant- Disagreement, strife, discord

Consummate (adj)- Complete to

perfect in highest degree.

(v)- To bring a state on completion or perfection.

Masterful Ant- launch,

initiate, begin, kick off

Disarray (n)- Disorder,

confusion. (v)- To throw into

disorder. Syn-

Disorganization, Ant- Organization,

order

Exigency (n)- Urgency,

pressure; demand, pressing needs, an emergency.

Syn- Requirement, crisis

Flotsam (n)- Floating

debris, homeless, impoverish people.

Syn- floating wreckage

Frenetic (Adj)- Frenzied,

highly agitated. Syn- frantic,

overwrought Ant- calm,

controlled, relax

Glean (v)- To gather bit

by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left by reapers.

Syn- gripe, bellyache

Grouse (n)- A type of

game bird; complaint.

(v)- To complain, grumble.

Incarcerate (v)- To imprison,

confine, jail.

Incumbent

(adj)- Obligatory, require. (n)- One who rules specific office at

the time of spoken.

Jocular (Adj)- Humorous ,

jesting, jolly, joking.

Ludicrous (adj)- Ridiculous,

laughable, absurb.

mordant

(Adj)- biting or caustic in thought, manner or style; bitterly harsh

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

Pusillanimous

(Ad)- contemptability, cowardly or means spirited

Recumbant

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

Stratagem

(N)- a scheme to out wit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end