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Vocabulary Workshop Level G
Unit 4
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English
12th Grade
09/27/2009

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