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Vocab Unit 4 D G
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 4 Definitions 12th Grade Level G
Question | Answer |
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Atrophy | n. the wasting away of a body organ or tissue,any progressive decline or failure. v. to waste away |
Bastion | n. a fortified place, stronghold |
Concord | n. a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity, a treaty, pact, covenant |
Consummate | adj. complete or perfect in the highest degree; v. to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
Disarray | n. disorder, confusion; v. to throw into disorder |
Exigency | n. urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency |
Flotsam | n. floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
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; v. to complain; grumble |
Incarcerate | v. to imprison, confine, jail |
Incumbent | adj. obligatory, required; n. one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
Jocular | adj. humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
Ludicrous | adj. ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
Mordant | adj. biting or caustic in though, manner, or style, sharply or bitterly harsh |
Nettle | n. a prickly or stinging plain; v. to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger, to vex or irrate severely |
Pecuniary | adj. consisting of or measured in money; of or related to 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 an end |