Unit 4 Flashcards

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Atrophy

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Wasting away of an organ. No nourishment

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Bastion

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a Giant fort to protect

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Concord

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A state of agreement, Harmony

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Consummate

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Complete or perfect,to make official,make marriage official with sex

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Disarray

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Not organized, disorganization,confusion

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Exigency

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Urgency,pressure,an emergency

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Flotsam

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Floating debris,unimportant

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Frenetic

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Frenzy,crazy,highly agitated

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Glean

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to gather bit by bit,to gather in small quantities

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Grouse

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to complain,a type of game bird

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Incarcerate

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to imprison,confine,jail

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Incumbent

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have to do it,obligatory,required

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Jocular

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joke,humorous,jesting,jolly

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Ludicrous

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ridiculous,laughable

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Mordant

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evil,morbid,sharply bitter

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Nettle

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needle,stick,a prickly or stinging plant, to anger

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Pecuniary

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consisting of or measured in money

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Pusillanimous

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cowardly, or mean spirited

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Recumbent

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reclining,lying down

21
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Stratagem

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plotting, a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain

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