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title: '2023-2-27: Vocabulary'
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description: 'Vocabulary list collected for 2023-2-27'
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# 2023-2-27: Vocabulary
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> 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.
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| Vocabulary | Definition |
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| Atrophy | (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away |
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| Bastion | A fortified place, stronghold |
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| Concord | A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
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| Consummate | (adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
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| Disarray | (n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder |
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| Exigency | Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency |
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| Flotsam | Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
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| Frenetic | Frenzied, highly agitated |
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| Glean | To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers. |
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| Grouse | (n.) A type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble |
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| Incarcerate | To imprison, confine, jail |
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| Incumbent | (adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
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| Jocular | Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
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| Ludicrous | Ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
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| Mordant | Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh. |
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| Nettle | (n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely |
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| Pecuniary | Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money |
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| Pusillanimous | Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
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| Recumbent | In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting. |
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| Stratagem | A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain and end. |
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::: tip Reference
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- "Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop- Level G (Unit 4)." kensiezoe. Quizlet, n.d. https://quizlet.com/cn/732875555/sadlier-vocabulary-workshop-level-g-unit-4-flash-cards/
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