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