Atrophy
(n.) The wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure
(v.) To waste away
Bastion
(n.) A fortified place, stronghold
Concord
(n.) A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
Consummate
(adj.) Complete or perfect in the highest degree
(v.) To bring to a state of completion or perfection
Disarray
(n.) Disorder, confusion
(v.) To throw into disorder
Exigency
(n.) Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
Flotsam
(n.) Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
Frenetic
(adj.) Frenzied, highly agitated
Glean
(v.) To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
Grouse
(n.) A type of game bird; a complaint
(v.) To complain, grumble
Incarcerate
(v.) To imprison, confine, jail
Incumbent
(adj.) Obligatory, required
(n.) One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
Jocular
(adj.) Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
Ludicrous
(adj.) Ridiculous, laughable, absurd
Mordant
(adj.) Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
Nettle
(n.) A prickly or stinging plant
(v.) To arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
Pecuniary
(adj.) Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
Pusillanimous
(adj.) Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
Recumbent
(adj.) In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
Stratagem
(n.) A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
Atrophy
(n.) The wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure
(v.) To waste away
Bastion
(n.) A fortified place, stronghold
Concord
(n.) A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
Consummate
(adj.) Complete or perfect in the highest degree
(v.) To bring to a state of completion or perfection
Disarray
(n.) Disorder, confusion
(v.) To throw into disorder
Exigency
(n.) Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
Flotsam
(n.) Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
Frenetic
(adj.) Frenzied, highly agitated
Glean
(v.) To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
Grouse
(n.) A type of game bird; a complaint
(v.) To complain, grumble
Incarcerate
(v.) To imprison, confine, jail
Incumbent
(adj.) Obligatory, required
(n.) One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
Jocular
(adj.) Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
Ludicrous
(adj.) Ridiculous, laughable, absurd
Mordant
(adj.) Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
Nettle
(n.) A prickly or stinging plant
(v.) To arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
Pecuniary
(adj.) Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
Pusillanimous
(adj.) Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
Recumbent
(adj.) In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
Stratagem
(n.) A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end