Unit 4 Vocab (definition)

Question 1

atrophy

Answer 1

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

Question 2

bastion

Answer 2

(n.) a fortified place, stronghold

Question 3

concord

Answer 3

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

Question 4

consummate

Answer 4

(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

Question 5

disarray

Answer 5

(n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder

Question 6

exigency

Answer 6

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

Question 7

flotsam

Answer 7

(n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

Question 8

frenetic

Answer 8

(adj.) frenzied, highly agitated

Question 9

glean

Answer 9

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

Question 10

grouse

Answer 10

(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble

Question 11

incarcerate

Answer 11

(v.) to imprison, confine, jail

Question 12

incumbent

Answer 12

(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

Question 13

jocular

Answer 13

(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

Question 14

ludicrous

Answer 14

(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Question 15

mordant

Answer 15

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

Question 16

nettle

Answer 16

(n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

Question 17

pecuniary

Answer 17

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

Question 18

pusillanimous

Answer 18

(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

Question 19

recumbent

Answer 19

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

Question 20

stratagem

Answer 20

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