Sadlier-Oxford: Level G: Unit 4

Atrophy

Wasting away of a body organ or tissue

Bastion

A castle

Concord

Harmony

Consummate

Complete or perfect

Disarray

Disorder, confusion, a mess

Exigency

An emergency, urgency, pressure

Flotsam

Floating debris

Frenetic

Hyper

Glean

To gather pieces of information

Grouse

A complaint, to complain, to grumble

Incarcerate

To imprison, jail

Incumbent

Required, an obligation

Jocular

Funny, joking, jolly

Ludicrous

Ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Mordant

Bitterly harsh comments

Nettle

A prickly plant, to arouse anger, to irritate

Pecuniary

Related to money

Pusillanimous

Cowardly or mean-spirited

Recumbent

To recline

Stratagem

A plan, a strategy, a gambit