Unit 4 SAT Terms

Question 1

Bastion

Answer 1

(n.) a fortified place, stronghold

Question 2

Concord

Answer 2

(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

Question 3

Consumate

Answer 3

( adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree ;

Question 4

Disarray

Answer 4

(n. ) disorder, confusion ;

(v. ) to throw into disorder

Question 5

Exigency

Answer 5

(n. often pl.) urgency, pressure ; urgent demand, pressing need ; an emergency

Question 6

Flotsam

Answer 6

( n.) floating debris ; homeless, impoverished people

Question 7

Frenetic

Answer 7

( adj.) frenzied, highly agitated

Question 8

Glean

Answer 8

( v.) to gather bit by bit ; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

Question 9

Grouse

Answer 9

( n.) a type of game bird ; a complaint ;

(v.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

Question 10

Incarcerate

Answer 10

( v.) to imprison, confine, jail

Question 11

Incumbent

Answer 11

( adj.) obligatory, required ;

(n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

Question 12

Jocular

Answer 12

(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

Question 13

Ludicrous

Answer 13

(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Question 14

Mordant

Answer 14

( adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style ; sharply or bitterly harsh

Question 15

Nettle

Answer 15

( n.) a prickly or stinging plant

(v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

Question 16

Pecuniary

Answer 16

( adj.) consisting of or measured in money ; of or related to money

Question 17

Pusillanimous

Answer 17

(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

Question 18

Recumbent

Answer 18

(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

Question 19

Stratagem

Answer 19

(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

Question 20

Atrophy

Answer 20

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