Vocab 4 Flashcards
Bastion
A fortified place, stronghold
Atrophy
Wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away
Concord
State of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
Consummate
Complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state if completion or perfection
Disarray
Disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder
Exigency
Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
Flotsam
Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
Frenetic
Frenzied, highly agitated
Glean
To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by reapers
Grouse
Type of game bird; a compliant; to complain, grumble
Incarcerate
To imprison, confine, jail
Incumbent
Obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
Jocular
Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
Ludicrous
Ridiculous, laughable, absurd
Mordant
Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh