Vocab 4 Flashcards
Bastion
(N) a fortified place, stronghold
Syn: citadel, bulwark
Concord
(N) state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
Ant: disagreement, strife
Atrophy
(N) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure
(V) to waste away
Syn: deterioration; wither
Ant: development; mature
Consummate
(Adj) complete or perfect in the highest degree
(V) to bring to a state or completion of perfection
Syn: masterful; clinch
Ant: initiate, launch
Disarray
(N) disorder
(V) to throw into disorder
Syn: disorganization; dishevel
Ant: organization, order
Exigency
(N) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
Syn: requirement, crisis
Flotsam
(N) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
Syn: floating wreckage
Frenetic
(Adj) frenzied, overwrought
Ant: calm, controlled
Glean
(V) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
Syn: collect, cull
Grouse
(N) a type of game bird; a complaint
(V) to complain, grumble
Syn: gripe, bellyache
Incarcerate
(V) to imprison, confine, jail
Syn: intern, immure
Ant: liberate, release
Incumbent
(Adj) obligatory, required
(N) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
Syn: mandatory, necessary
Ant: optional, unnecessary
Jocular
(Adj) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
Syn: waggish, facetious
Ant: solemn, earnest
Ludicrous
(Adj) ridiculous, laughable, absurd
Syn: risible, preposterous
Ant: poignant, heartrending
Mordant
(Adj) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
Nettle
(N) a prickly or stinging plant
(V) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
Syn: peeve, annoy
Ant: delight, pacify
Pecuniary
(Adj) consisting of or measured in money; of it related to money
Syn: monetary, financial
Pusillanimous
(Adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean- spirited
Syn: craven, I’ll livered
Ant: courageous, daring
Recumbent
(Adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
Syn: prone, inactive
Ant: energetic, dynamic
Stratagem
(N) a scheme to outwit or decided an opponent or to gain an end
Syn: rude, subterfuge
