1. Vocab Unit 4 Book G

2. Atrophy (n) -Wasting away of body organ or tissue; Any progressive decline or failure. (v)-To waste away. Syn- degeneration, deterioration Ant- groth, development

3. Bastion (n)- Fortified place, stronghold. Syn- Citadel, rampart, bulwark

4. Concord (n)- A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; Treaty, pact, covenant. Ant- Disagreement, strife, discord

5. Consummate (adj)- Complete to perfect in highest degree. (v)- To bring a state on completion or perfection. Masterful Ant- launch, initiate, begin, kick off

6. Disarray (n)- Disorder, confusion. (v)- To throw into disorder. Syn-Disorganization, Ant- Organization, order

7. Exigency (n)- Urgency, pressure; demand, pressing needs, an emergency. Syn- Requirement, crisis

8. Flotsam (n)- Floating debris, homeless, impoverish people. Syn- floating wreckage

9. Frenetic (Adj)- Frenzied, highly agitated. Syn- frantic, overwrought Ant- calm, controlled, relax

10. Glean (v)- To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left by reapers. Syn- gripe, bellyache

11. Grouse (n)- A type of game bird; complaint. (v)- To complain, grumble.

12. Incarcerate (v)- To imprison, confine, jail.

13. Incumbent (adj)- Obligatory, require. (n)- One who rules specific office at the time of spoken.

14. Jocular (Adj)- Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking.

15. Ludicrous (adj)- Ridiculous, laughable, absurb.

16. mordant (Adj)- biting or caustic in thought, manner or style; bitterly harsh

17. nettle (N)- a prickly or stinging plant (V)- to arouse displeasure, impatience or anger; to vex or irritate severely

18. pecuniary (Adj)- consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

19. Pusillanimous (Ad)- contemptability, cowardly or means spirited

20. Recumbant (Adj)- in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

21. Stratagem (N)- a scheme to out wit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end