Unit 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

Atrophy

Answer 1

• Noun
  
  • The wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure
• Verb
  
  • To waste away
• S: Degeneration, deterioration, wither
• A: Growth, mature

Question 2

Bastion

Answer 2

• Noun
• A fortified place, stronghold
• S: Citadel, Rampart, Parapet

Question 3

Concord

Answer 3

• Noun
• A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
• A: Disagreement, strife, discord

Question 4

Consummate

Answer 4

• Adjective
  
  • Complete or perfect in the highest degree
• Verb
  
  • To bring to a state of completion or perfection
• S: Masterful, clinch, conclude
• A: Launch, initiate, begin, kick off

Question 5

Disarray

Answer 5

• Noun
  
  • Disorder, confusion
• Verb
  
  • To throw into disorder
• S: Disorganization, dishevel, mess up
• A: Organization, order, tidiness

Question 6

Exigency

Answer 6

• Noun, plural
• Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
• S: Requirement, crisis

Question 7

Flotsam

Answer 7

• Noun
• Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
• S: Floating wreckage

Question 8

Frenetic

Answer 8

• Adjective
• Frenzied, highly agitated
• S: Frantic, overwrought
• A:Calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely

Question 9

Glean

Answer 9

• Verb
• To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
• S: Cull, pickup

Question 10

Grouse

Answer 10

• Noun
  
  • A type of game bird; a complaint
• Verb
  
  • to complain, grumble
• S: Kvetch, bellyache

Question 11

Incarcerate

Answer 11

• Verb
• To imprison, confine, jail
• S: Intern
• A: Liberate, free

Question 12

Incumbent

Answer 12

• Adjective
  
  • Obligatory, required
• Noun
  
  • One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
• S: Mandatory, necessary
• A: Optional, unneccesary

Question 13

Jocular

Answer 13

• Adjective
• Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
• S: Waggish, facetious, droll
• A: Solemn, grave, earnest, grim

Question 14

Ludicrous

Answer 14

• Adjective
• Ridiculous, laughable, absurd
• S: Risible, preposterous
• A: Heartrending, poignant, pathetic

Question 15

Mordant

Answer 15

• Adjective
• Biting or caustic in though, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
• S:Acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing
• A:Bland, mild, gentle, soothing

Question 16

Nettle

Answer 16

• Noun
• A prickly or stinging plant
• Verb
• To arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
• S: peeve, annoy, incense, gall
• A:Please, delight, soothe, pacify

Question 17

Pecuniary

Answer 17

• Adjective
• Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
• S: Monetary

Question 18

Pusillanimous

Answer 18

• Adjective
• Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
• S: Lily-liveried
• A: Stouthearted, courageous

Question 19

Recumbent

Answer 19

Adjective

• In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
• S: Prone, supine, inactive
• A: Erect, energetic my dynamic

Question 20

Stratagem

Answer 20

• Noun
• A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
• S: Trick, ploy, subterfuge