Unit 4 Words

Question 1

frenzied, frantic, highly agitated

Answer 1

frenetic

Question 2

disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder

Answer 2

disarray

Question 3

the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away

Answer 3

atrophy

Question 4

to affirm earnestly and with emphasis

Answer 4

asseverate

Question 5

to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

Answer 5

glean

Question 6

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

Answer 6

consummate

Question 7

a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble

Answer 7

grouse

Question 8

a fortified place, stronghold

Answer 8

bastion

Question 9

urgency, pressure, urgent demand, pressing need, an emergency

Answer 9

exigency

Question 10

floating debris homeless, impoverished people

Answer 10

flotsam

Question 11

a state of agreement, harmony; a treaty

Answer 11

concord

Question 12

pleasing, tending to create a favorable impression

Answer 12

prepossessing

Question 13

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

Answer 13

recumbent

Question 14

to imprison, confine, jail

Answer 14

incarcerate

Question 15

ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Answer 15

ludicrous

Question 16

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

Answer 16

mordant

Question 17

contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

Answer 17

pusillanimous

Question 18

a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

Answer 18

nettle

Question 19

a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

Answer 19

stratagem

Question 20

obligatory, required’ one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

Answer 20

incumbent

Question 21

consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

Answer 21

pecuniary

Question 22

humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

Answer 22

jocular