AP Language Vocabulary Unit 4 Flashcards
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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 |