Unit 4 Flashcards

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Atrophy

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(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away

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Bastion

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(n.) A fortified place, stronghold

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Concord

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State of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

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Consummate

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Complete or perfect to the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection

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Disarray

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Disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder

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Exigency

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Urgency pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

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Flotsam

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Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

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Frenetic

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Frenzied, highly agitated

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Glean

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To gather bit by bit; together small quantities of grain left in the field by the reapers

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Grouse

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A type of gamebird; a complaint; to complain, grumble

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Incarcerate

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To imprison, confine, jail

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Incumbent

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Obligatory, required; One who old is specific office at the time spoken of

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Jocular

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Humorous, Jesting, jolly, joking

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Ludicrous

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Ridiculous, laughable, absurd

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Mordant

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biting or caustic and thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

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Nettle

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A prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, inpatients, or anger; to VAX or irritate severely

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Pecuniary

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Consisting of or measured and money; of or related to money

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Pusillanimous

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Contemptible cowardly or mean-spirited

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Recumbent

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In reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

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Stratagem

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Scheme to out wit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end