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Vocab Unit 4

Vocab Unit 4. By: Hannah Wright. Atrophy. The wasting away of a body organ or tissue Any progressive decline or failure (v.) to waste away. BEFORE. AFTER. Bastion . A fortified place, stronghold. Concord. A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant. Consummate.

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Vocab Unit 4

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  1. Vocab Unit 4 By: Hannah Wright

  2. Atrophy • The wasting away of a body organ or tissue • Any progressive decline or failure • (v.) to waste away BEFORE AFTER

  3. Bastion • A fortified place, stronghold

  4. Concord • A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

  5. Consummate • Complete or perfect in the highest degree • (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

  6. Disarray • disorder, confusion • (v.) to throw into disorder

  7. Exigency • Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

  8. Flotsam • floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

  9. Frenetic • Frenzied, highly agitated

  10. Glean • to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

  11. Grouse • a type of game bird; a compliant; • (v.) to complain, grumble

  12. Incarcerate to imprison, confine, jail

  13. Incumbent • obligatory, required • (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

  14. Jocular • Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

  15. Ludicrous • ridiculous, laughable, absurd

  16. Mordant • Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

  17. Nettle • a prickly or stinging plant • (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

  18. Pecuniary • Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

  19. Pusillanimous • Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

  20. Recumbent • In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

  21. Stratagem • A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

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