| A | B |
|---|
| atrophy | progressive decline or failure |
| bastion | a stronghold or fortified place |
| disarray | confusion; disorder |
| frenetic | highly agitated; frenzied |
| incarcerate | to imprison or confine; to jail |
| incumbent | obligated or required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
| jocular | joking; jolly; jesting and humorous |
| ludicrous | ridiculous; laughable; absurd |
| pecuniary | measured in money or related to money |
| pusillanimous | contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
| recumbent | in a reclining position; lying down; posture of sleeping |
| stratagem | a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent |
