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BASTION
fortified place; stronghold (n).
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disarray
- disorder, confusion
- v. to throw into disorder
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incarcerate
v. to confine, jail, imprison
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nettle
- n. a prickly or stinging plant
- v. to arouse displeasure, impatience or anger; to vex or irritate severely
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stratagem
n. a scheme to deceive or outwit an opponent or to gain an end
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mordant
adj. biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
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flotsam
n. floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
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incumbent
- adj. obligatory, required
- n. a person who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
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recumbent
adj. in a lying position, lying down, to be in a posture of someone sleeping or resting
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concord
n. a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact or covenant
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exigency
n. urgency, pressure, urgent demand, passing need, emergency
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jocular
adj. humerous, jesting, joking, jolly
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glean
- v. to gather bit by bit
- to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by a reaper
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pusillanimous
adj. contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
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pecuniary
- adj. consisting of or measured in money
- of or related to money
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frenetic
adj. frenzied, highly agitated
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consummate
- v. to bring to a state of completion or perfection
- adj. completion or perfection to its highest degree
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atrophy
- n. the wasting away of body organs or tissue
- any progressive decline or failure
- v. to waste away
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ludicrous
adj. ridiculous, laughable, absurd
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grouse
- n. a type of game bird; a complaint
- v. to complain, grumble
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