Sadlier-Oxford Level G unit 4

Synonym for deterioration, degeneration

• noxious
• unscathed
• atrophy
• salubrious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a strong defense or fort

• divulge 
• bastion 
• avarice 
• jettison 

contemptibly cowardly or mean spirited

• glean

• nettle

• pusillanimous

• atrophy

emergency; urgent requirement

• exigency

• disinterested

• complaisant

• anomalous

To gather bit by bit

• frenetic
• consummate
• concord
• glean

one who holds a specific office currently

• concord
• incumbent
• exigency
• mordant

consisting of or measured in money

• pusillanimous
• recumbent
• pecuniary
• ludicrous

biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style

• mordant
• recumbent
• pusillanimous
• incumbent

When you are interrupted in the middle of cleaning, generally things seem in more of a ___ than when you started.

• atrophy
• bastion
• grouse
• disarray

While he grumbled and ___, he still did not get his way.

• gleaned
• concorded
• groused
• incarcerated