AP Language Vocabulary Unit 4 Flashcards

5427735910	Atrophy	noun 1. the wasting away of a body organ or tissue 2. any progressive decline of failure verb 1. to waste away	0
5427735911	Bastion	noun 1. a fortified place, stronghold	1
5427735912	Concord	noun 1. a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity 2. a treaty, pact, covenant	2
5427737499	Consummate	adjective 1. complete or perfect in the highest degree verb 1. to bring to a state of completion or perfection	3
5427737500	Disarray	noun 1. disorder, confusion verb 1. to throw into disorder	4
5427745869	Exigency	noun (plural) 1. urgency, pressure 2. urgent demand, pressing need 3. an emergency	5
5427745870	Flotsam	noun 1. floating debris 2. homeless, impoverished people	6
5427745871	Frenetic	adjective 1. frenzied, highly agitated	7
5427745889	Glean	verb 1. to gather bit by bit 2. to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers	8
5427749283	Grouse	noun 1. a type of game bird 2. a complaint verb 1. to complain, grumble	9
5427749284	Incarcerate	verb 1. to imprison, confine,jail	10
5427749285	Incumbent	adjective 1. obligatory, required noun 1. one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of	11
5427751496	Jocular	adjective 1. humorous, jesting, jolly, joking	12
5427751497	Ludicrous	adjective 1. ridiculous, laughable, absurd	13
5427751498	Mordant	adjective 1. biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style 2. sharply or bitterly harsh	14
5427753059	Nettle	noun 1. a prickly or stinging plant verb 1. to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger 2. to vex or irritate severely	15
5427753060	Pecuinary	adjective 1. consisting of or measured in money 2. of or related to money	16
5427753061	Pusillanimous	adjective 1. contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited	17
5427754474	Recumbent	adjective 1. in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting	18
5427754475	Stratagem	noun 1. a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end	19