Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 4 Definitions

frenetic

(adj) Frenzied, highly agitated

mordant

(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

consummate

(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

pecuniary

(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

pusillanimous

(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

jocular

(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

recumbent

(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

incumbent

(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

ludicrous

(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd

nettle

(n.) A prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

bastion

(n.) a fortified place, stronghold

stratagem

(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

concord

(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

grouse

(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble

disarray

(n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder

flotsam

(n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

atrophy

(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away

exigency

(n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

glean

(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

incarcerate

(v.) to imprison, confine, jail