Vocabulary Unit 4A

Front 1

Dissaray

Back 1

v.
Disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder

Front 2

Grouse

Back 2

n./v.
A type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble

Front 3

Glean

Back 3

v.
To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

Front 4

Exigency

Back 4

n.
Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

Front 5

Atrophy

Back 5

v./n.
The wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste a way

Front 6

Concord

Back 6

n.
A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity, a treaty, pact, covenant

Front 7

Flotsam

Back 7

n.
Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

Front 8

Frenetic

Back 8

adj.
Frenzied, highly agitated

Front 9

Bastion

Back 9

n.
A fortified place, stronghold

Front 10

Consumate

Back 10

v./adj.
Complete or prefect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection

Front 11

Incombent

Back 11

n./adj.
Obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

Front 12

Mordant

Back 12

adj.
Biting or caustic in though, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

Front 13

Pusillanimous

Back 13

adj.
Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

Front 14

Recombant

Back 14

adj.
In a reclining positions, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

Front 15

Jocular

Back 15

adj.
humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

Front 16

Ludicrous

Back 16

adj.
Ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Front 17

Incarcerate

Back 17

v.
To imprison, confine, jail

Front 18

Srategem

Back 18

n.
A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

Front 19

Nettle

Back 19

n./v.
A prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

Front 20

Pecuniary

Back 20

adj.
Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money