Level G Unit 4 Vocabulary: Word List & Interactive Quizlet Study Guide
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Word List
- atrophy
(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away - incarcerate
(v.) to imprison, confine, jail - bastion
(n.) a fortified place, stronghold - incumbent
(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of - concord
(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant - jocular
(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking - consummate
(v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection; (adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree - ludicrous
(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd - disarray
(n.) disorder, confusion;(v.) to throw into disorder - mordant
(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh - exigency
(n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency - nettle
(n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely - flotsam
(n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people - pecuniary
(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money - frenetic
(adj.) frenzied, highly agitated - pusillanimous
(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean–spirited - glean
(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers - recumbent
(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting - grouse
(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble - stratagem
(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end