Vocab 4

Atrophy (verb or noun)

N: the wasting away of

organ or tissue

V: to waste away – often from lack of use

Consummate (Adj and Verb)

Adj: Perfect, complete example

The consummate student studies

every night.

Glean (Verb)

To gather bit by bit

Like grain, or information

The judge will eventually glean the truth from the court cases presented.

Incarcerate (verb)To imprison, confine, jail

The convicted criminal was incarcerated for a very long time.

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Incumbent (adj or noun)

Adj: obligatory, required It is incumbent upon you to

wear shoes in a restaurant Usually follows the word

“upon”

Noun: one who currently holds office at the time No one voted for the

incumbent because he did such a terrible job

Ludicrous(adj)

• Ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Thinking I can run a mile when I have been a couch potato for three years is ludicrous.

Pecuniary (adj)• Having to do with

money

I didn’t want to trouble my kids with our pecuniary concerns.

College isn’t just about GPA, there are a lot of pecuniary issues to consider

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Flotsam (noun)• Floating debris

(garbage)• Homeless people

(deragatory)

The environmental protest was over the huge amount of flotsam in the bay.

The human flotsam in the city is just horrible; someone should clean it up!

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Jocular (adj)• Humorous, joking,

done in a humorous way

He was a jocular jock.

Nettle (noun or verb)• Prickly or stinging

plant• To arouse anger or

irritation

Don’t pick the stinging nettles – they hurt!

Be careful if you nettle him; he has quite a temper!