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