click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Sad-Ox G 4
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Atrophy | (N) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure |
Bastion | (N) a fortified place, stronghold |
Concord | (N) a state of agreement |
Consummate | (Adj) Complete or perfect in the highest degree |
Disarray | (N) disorder,confusion |
Exigency | (N) urgency, pressure; urgent demand |
Flotsam | (N) floating debris;homeless |
Frenetic | (Adj) frenzied, highly agitated |
Glean | (V) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers |
Grouse | (N) a type of game bird; a complaint |
Incarcerate | (V) to imprison |
Incumbent | (Adj) obligatory, required |
Jocular | (Adj) humorous, jesting ,jolly, joking |
Ludicrous | (Adj) ridiculous |
Mordant | (Adj) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style |
Nettle | (N) a prickly or stinging plant |
Pecuniary | (Adj) consisting of or measured in money |
Pusillanimous | (Adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean spirited |
Recumbent | (Adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting |
Stratagem | (N) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain and end |