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| 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; a treaty |
| 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., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency |
| flotsam | (n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
| frenetic | (adj.) frenzied, frantic, 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 ralated 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 |
