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2023-2-27: Vocabulary Vocabulary list collected for 2023-2-27

2023-2-27: Vocabulary

This table of vocabularies are from "Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop-Level G (Unit 4)" with their corresponding textbook definitions and part of speeches (from some of them) made into a collection.

Vocabulary Definition
Atrophy (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away
Bastion A fortified place, stronghold
Concord A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
Consummate (adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
Disarray (n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder
Exigency Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
Flotsam Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
Frenetic Frenzied, highly agitated
Glean To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers.
Grouse (n.) A type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble
Incarcerate To imprison, confine, jail
Incumbent (adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
Jocular Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
Ludicrous Ridiculous, laughable, absurd
Mordant Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh.
Nettle (n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
Pecuniary Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
Pusillanimous Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
Recumbent In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting.
Stratagem A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain and end.

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