Units 3 And 4

Front 1

atrophy

Back 1

the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v) to waste away

Front 2

bastion

Back 2

a fortified place, stronghold

Front 3

concord

Back 3

(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

Front 4

consummate

Back 4

complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

Front 5

disarray

Back 5

disorder, confusion (v) to throw into disorder

Front 6

exigency

Back 6

urgency, pressure, urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

Front 7

flotsam

Back 7

floating debris, homeless, impoverished people

Front 8

frenetic

Back 8

frenzied, highly agitated

Front 9

glean

Back 9

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

Front 10

grouse

Back 10

a type of game bird, a complaint, (v) to complain, grumble

Front 11

articulate

Back 11

(v) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words, to connect by a joint or joints (adj) expressed clearly and forcefully, able to employ language clearly and forcefully, jointed

Front 12

cavort

Back 12

to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

Front 13

credence

Back 13

belief, mental acceptance

Front 14

decry

Back 14

to condemn, express strong dissaproval; to officially depreciate

Front 15

dissemble

Back 15

to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Front 16

distraught

Back 16

very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

Front 17

eulogy

Back 17

a formal statement or commendation; high praise

Front 18

evince

Back 18

to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Front 19

exhume

Back 19

to remove from a grave; to bring to light

Front 20

feckless

Back 20

lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsiblle, unreliable

Front 21

murky

Back 21

dark and gloomy, obscure, lacking in clarity and precision

Front 22

nefarious

Back 22

wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Front 23

piquant

Back 23

stimulating to the taste or mind, spicy, pungent, appealingly provocative

Front 24

primordial

Back 24

developed or created at the very beginning, going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage, fundamental, basic

Front 25

propinquity

Back 25

nearness in place or time, primal

Front 26

unwonted

Back 26

not usual or expected, not in character

Front 27

utopian

Back 27

founded upon or involving a visionary viwe of an ideal world, impractical

Front 28

verbiage

Back 28

language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordliness, a manner or expression

Front 29

verdant

Back 29

green in tint or color, immature in experience or judgment

Front 30

viscous

Back 30

having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity

Front 31

incarcerate

Back 31

to imprison, confine, jail

Front 32

incumbent

Back 32

obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

Front 33

jocular

Back 33

humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

Front 34

ludicrous

Back 34

ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Front 35

mordant

Back 35

biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

Front 36

nettle

Back 36

a prickly or stinging plant, to arouse displeasure, impatient or anger, to vex or irritate severly

Front 37

pecuniary

Back 37

consisting of or measured in money, of or related to money

Front 38

pusillanimous

Back 38

contempibly cowardly or mean-spirited

Front 39

recumbent

Back 39

in a reclining position, lying down, in posture of one sleeping or resting

Front 40

strategem

Back 40

a scheme to outwit or decieve an opponent or to gain an end