1. Group 4A
Asseverate: (v) to affirm earnestly and with emphasis Ex: asseverate their loyalty to the cause Atrophy: (n) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure (v) to waste away Ex: muscles that have begun to atrophy Bastion: (n) a fortified play, stronghold Ex: a bastion of conservation

2. Concord: (n) a state of agreement, harmony; a treaty Ex: a spirit of concord Consummate: (adj) complete or perfect in the highest degree (v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection Ex: a work of consummate artistry Disarray: (n) disorder, confusion (v) to throw into disorder Ex: in a state of disarray

3. Exigency: (n) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency Ex: the exigency of the situation Flotsam: (n) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people Ex: flotsam and jetsam Frenetic: (adj) frenzied, frantic, highly agitated Ex: a(n) frenetic search for the report Glean: (v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers Ex: eventually glean the truth

4. Grouse: (n) a type of game bird; a complaint (v) to complain, grumble Ex: grouse about one’s salary

5. Synonyms: Group 4A To collect, cull, pick up, gather
Urgency; a need, demand, requirement
Agreement, unanimity; a pact, covenant
A citadel, stronghold, rampart, bulwark
Frenzied, frantic
Floating wreckage, debris
Degeneration, deterioration; to wither
To gripe, complain, kvetch, bellyache
Aver, avow, affirm, avouch
Disorder, confusion, disorganization
To clinch, conclude, masterful

6. Glean
Exigency
Concord
Bastion
Frenetic
Flotsam
Atrophy
Grouse
Asseverate
Disarray
consummate

7. Group 4B Incarcerate: (v) to imprison, confine, jail
Ex: incarcerated in the state penitentiary
Incumbent: (adj) obligatory, required
(n) one who hold a specific office at the time spoken of (i.e. reelection)
Ex: a duty incumbent on all Americans
Jocular: (adj) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
Ex: ina delightfully jocular mood
Ludicrous: (adj) ridiculous, laughable, absurd
Ex: a ludicrous comment

8. Mordant: (adj) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
Ex: a mordant comment
Nettle: (v) to arouse displeasure, impatience , or anger; to vex or irritate severely
(n) a prickly or stinging plant
Ex: nettled by the reply
Pecuniary: (adj) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
Ex: pecuniary considerations

9. Prepossessing: (adj) pleasing, tending to create a favorable impression
Ex: a prepossessing manner
Pusillanimous: (adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
Ex: a pusillanimous attitude
Recumbent: (adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
Ex: recumbent on the couch
Stratagem: (n) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
Ex: resorted to a clever stratagem

10. Synonyms: All
1. risible, ridiculous, laughable, absurd 2. A ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge 3. cowardly, craven, lily-livered 4. winsome, engaging, captivating 5. prone, prostrate, supine; inactive 6. To collect, cull, pick up, gather 7. urgency; a need, demand, requirement 8. To clinch, conclude; masterful 9. agreement, unanimity; a pact, covenant 10. To imprison, jail, intern, immure 11. A citadel, stronghold, rampart, bulwark

11. ludicrous
Stratagem
Pusillanimous
Prepossessing
Recumbent
Glean
Exigency
Consummate
Concord
Incarcerate
bastion

12. 12. frenzied, frantic 13. Floating wreckage, debris 14
12. frenzied, frantic 13. Floating wreckage, debris 14. obligatory, mandatory, required 15. waggish, facetious, droll, witty 16. monetary, financial 17. degeneration, deterioration; to wither 18. To gripe, complain, kvetch, bellyache 19. To aver, avow, affirm, avouch 20. To peeve, vex, annoy, incense, gall, irk 21. disorder, confusion, disorganization 22. caustic, acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic

13. 12. Frenetic 13. Flotsam 14. Incumbent 15. Jocular 16. Pecuniary 17
12. Frenetic 13. Flotsam 14. Incumbent 15. Jocular 16. Pecuniary 17. Atrophy 18. Grouse 19. Asseverate 20. Nettle 21. Disarray 22. Mordant