vocab #4

Question 1

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

Answer 1

atrophy

Question 1

a fortified place, stronghold

Answer 1

bastion

Question 2

a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treat, pact, convenant

Answer 2

concord

Question 3

complete or perfect in the highest degree

Answer 3

consummate

Question 4

disorder, confusion

Answer 4

disarray

Question 5

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

Answer 5

exigency

Question 6

floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

Answer 6

flotsam

Question 7

frenzied pace; urgency

Answer 7

frenetic

Question 8

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

Answer 8

glean

Question 9

a type of game bird; a complaint

Answer 9

grouse

Question 10

to imprison, confine, jail

Answer 10

incarcerate

Question 11

obligatory, required

Answer 11

incumbent

Question 12

humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

Answer 12

jocular

Question 13

ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Answer 13

ludicrous

Question 14

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

Answer 14

mordant

Question 15

a prickly or stinging plant

Answer 15

nettle

Question 16

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

Answer 16

pecuniary

Question 17

contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

Answer 17

pusillanimous

Question 18

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

Answer 18

recumbent

Question 19

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

Answer 19

stratagem