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| (adj) frenzied, frentic, highly agitated | frenetic |
| (n) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder | disarray |
| (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v) to waste away | atrophy |
| (v) to affirm earnestly and with emphasis | asseverate |
| (v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers | glean |
| (adj) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection | consummate |
| (n) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v) to complain, grumble | grouse |
| (n) a fortified place, stronghold | bastion |
| (n, often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency | exigency |
| (n) floatingdebris; homeless; imporverished people | flotsam |
| (n) a state of agreement, harmony; a treaty | concord |
| (adj) pleasing, tending to create a favorable impression | prepossessing |
| (adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting | recumbent |
| (v) to imprison, confine, jail | incarcerate |
| (adj) ridiculous, laughable, absurd | ludicrous |
| (adj) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh | mordant |
| (adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited | pusillanimous |
| (n) a prickly or stinging plant; (v) to arouse, displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irrtate severely | nettle |
| (n) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end | stratagem |
| (adj) obligatory, required (n) one who holds a specifici office at the time spoken of | incumbent |
| (adj) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money | pecuniary |
| (adj) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking | jocular |
