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Vocab Unit 4
By: Abhiraj Pudhota
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Atrophy• (n.) The wasting away of a body organ
or tissue • Any progressive decline or failure• (v.) To waste away
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Bastion • (n.) A fortified place, stronghold
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Concord• (n.) A state of agreement, harmony,
unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
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Consummate• (adj.) Complete or perfect in the highest
degree • (v.) To bring to a state of completion or
perfection
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Disarray• (n.) Disorder, confusion • (v.) To throw into disorder
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Exigency• (n.) Urgency, pressure; urgent
demand, pressing need; an emergency
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Flotsam• (n.) Floating debris; homeless,
impoverished people
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Frenetic• (adj.) Frenzied, highly agitated
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Glean• (v.) To gather bit by bit; to gather small
quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
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Grouse • (n.) A type of game bird; a compliant;• (v.) To complain, grumble
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Incarcerate
• (v.) To imprison, confine, jail
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Incumbent• (adj.) Obligatory, required• (n.) One who holds a specific office
at the time spoken of
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Jocular• (adj.) Humorous, jesting, jolly,
joking
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Ludicrous• (adj.) Ridiculous, laughable, absurd
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Mordant • (adj.) Biting or caustic in thought,
manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
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Nettle• (n.) A prickly or stinging plant• (v.) To arouse displeasure, impatience, or
anger; to vex or irritate severely
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Pecuniary• (adj.)Consisting of or measured in
money; of or related to money
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Pusillanimous• (adj.) Contemptibly cowardly or
mean-spirited
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Recumbent
• (adj.) In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
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Stratagem• (n.) A scheme to outwit or deceive
an opponent or to gain an end
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And now….
USAGE
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Example 1
• 1. As I was engaged in a conversation (between, among) several of my friends earlier today, I noticed that some of them have a difficult time forming __________________ arguments that have real content and legitimacy.
• BETWEEN = 2 things• AMONG = several things
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Example 2
• To _____________ my incendiary actions is one thing, but to repeatedly brandish me with constant animadversions is really more (then, than) necessary in getting your point across to me.
• Then= sequence• Than = comparative
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Example 3
• Since you were able to substantiate all of your facts, I find myself giving great _________________ to your theory about the (effects, affects) of global warming.
• Effect = NOUN (cause and effect)• Affect = verb
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Example 4
• In a _______________ world, the streets would be paved with gold, silver, and pages of Moby-Dick, fulfilling our insatiable desires for wealth and (ensuring, insuring) that we are never bereft of literary inspiration
• Ensure = to make something more sure• Insure = insurance… to guard against
something
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Example 5
• My teacher asked me to (lie, lay) down the vocab book in close __________________ to myself at all times so I would never be too far from Jerome Shostak’s intellectual largesse.
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Lie and Lay – they get their own slides!
• “Lay" is a verb meaning to put or place something somewhere. It takes a direct object. Its principal parts are "lay," "laid," "laid," and "laying."
Examples: Every day I lay the book on the table. Yesterday I laid the book on the table. I am laying the book on the table right now
• In all these examples, the verb is a form of the word "lay," and the direct object is "book."
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Continued…
• "Lie" is, in this context, a verb meaning to recline. It does not take an object.
Examples: Every night I lie down. I have lain down many times. I am lying down right now.
FREE HINT: If you're in doubt about whether to use "lay" or "lie," try substituting a form of the verb "place."
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Example 6
• We have found that in the ________________ stages of a community’s development there tend to be (less, fewer) overt examples of neighbors fighting with each other, and many more instances of halcyon, neighborly camaraderie.
• Less = a singular subject (money, sense, intensity)
• Fewer – several items (examples, people, chances)
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Example 7• .It would seem that your _________________ attitude in
school is only preventing you from advancing (farther, further) in your academic development, and that an adjustment into a more avid academic will certainly benefit your intellectual growth.
• Farther: Refers to physical distance only.• Further:
1. Moreover; in addition; to a greater extent.Example: We need to discuss this further.
• 2. To help forward, advance, or promote an undertaking, cause, etc.
• Example: Elisa had more desire to further her own interests than to further the mission of the organization.
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Example 8
• If we can somehow _________________ the truth of the circumstances from beneath all the layers of uncertainty, it will probably be much easier for us to (except, accept) the results that have precipitated from these actions.
• Except = used in the case of an exception• Accept = verb: to receive
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Example 9• As I was ________________ to English class with much
celerity and eagerness, someone tripped me, but I have not yet been able to determine the student (who, which) is responsible for this devious act.
• Who refers to people. That and which refer to groups or things.
• Examples:Steph is the one who rescued the bird.James is on the team that won first place. He belongs to an organization that specializes in saving endangered species