Vocab Unit Four

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BASTION

fortified place; stronghold (n).
disarray
- disorder, confusion
- v. to throw into disorder
incarcerate

v. to confine, jail, imprison
nettle
- n. a prickly or stinging plant
- v. to arouse displeasure, impatience or anger; to vex or irritate severely
stratagem

n. a scheme to deceive or outwit an opponent or to gain an end
mordant

adj. biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
flotsam

n. floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
incumbent
- adj. obligatory, required
- n. a person who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
recumbent

adj. in a lying position, lying down, to be in a posture of someone sleeping or resting
concord

n. a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact or covenant
exigency

n. urgency, pressure, urgent demand, passing need, emergency
jocular

adj. humerous, jesting, joking, jolly
glean
- v. to gather bit by bit
- to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by a reaper
pusillanimous

adj. contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
pecuniary
- adj. consisting of or measured in money
- of or related to money
frenetic

adj. frenzied, highly agitated
consummate
- v. to bring to a state of completion or perfection
- adj. completion or perfection to its highest degree
atrophy
- n. the wasting away of body organs or tissue
- any progressive decline or failure
- v. to waste away
ludicrous

adj. ridiculous, laughable, absurd
grouse
- n. a type of game bird; a complaint
- v. to complain, grumble