Sadler Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 3

20 flashcards · English · by Sydney Martinez

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

   atrophy

2. (n.) a fortified place, stronghold

   bastion

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

   concord

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

   comsummate

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

   disarray

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

   exigency

7. (n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

   floatsam

8. (adj.) frenzied, highly agitated

   frenetic

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

   glean

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

    grouse

11. (v.) to imprison, confine, jail

    incarcerate

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

    incumbent

13. (adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

    jocular

14. (adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd

    ludicrous

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

    mordant

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

    nettle

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

    pecuniary

18. (adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

    pusillanimous

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

    recumbent

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

    stratagem