Vocab Chap 4

Question 1

Atrophy

Answer 1

The wasting away of a body organ or tissue. To waste away. Degeneration

Question 2

Bastion

Answer 2

A fortified place, stronghold. Citadel

Question 3

Concord

Answer 3

A state of agreement, harmony, treaty, pact.

Question 4

Consummate

Answer 4

Complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion. Masterful

Question 5

Disarray

Answer 5

Disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder. Disorganization

Question 6

Exigency

Answer 6

Urgency, pressure; urgent demand. Crisis

Question 7

Flotsam

Answer 7

Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people. Floating wreckage

Question 8

Fernetic

Answer 8

Frenzied, highly agitated. Frantic

Question 9

Glean

Answer 9

To gather bit by bit. Collect

Question 10

Grouse

Answer 10

A complaint; to complain. Gripe

Question 11

Incarcerate

Answer 11

To imprison. Confine

Question 12

Incumbent

Answer 12

Obligatory, required. Mandatory, necessary

Question 13

Jocular

Answer 13

Humorous, joking. Waggish

Question 14

Ludicrous

Answer 14

Ridiculous, laughable, absurd. Risible

Question 15

Mordant

Answer 15

Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh. Acrimonious

Question 16

Nettle

Answer 16

A prickly or stingy plant. To arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger. Annoy

Question 17

Pecuniary

Answer 17

Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money. Monetary

Question 18

Pusillanimous

Answer 18

Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited. Craven

Question 19

Recumbent

Answer 19

In a reclining position, lying down, the the posture of one sleeping or resting. Prone

Question 20

Stratagem

Answer 20

A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end. Ruse, trick