Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 5 Answers

Vocabulary Workshop Level G (Grade 12) Unit 4

Word List

1. atrophy
   (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away
2. incarcerate
   (v.) to imprison, confine, jail
3. bastion
   (n.) a fortified place, stronghold
4. incumbent
   (adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
5. concord
   (n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
6. jocular
   (adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
7. consummate
   (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection; (adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree
8. ludicrous
   (adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd
9. disarray
   (n.) disorder, confusion;(v.) to throw into disorder
10. mordant
    (adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
11. exigency
    (n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
12. nettle
    (n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
13. flotsam
    (n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
14. pecuniary
    (adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
15. frenetic
    (adj.) frenzied, highly agitated
16. pusillanimous
    (adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean–spirited
17. glean
    (v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
18. recumbent
    (adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
19. grouse
    (n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble
20. stratagem
    (n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

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