English Vocab Unit 1
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- Adage
- proverb, wise saying noun
- Bonanza
- something valuable, a large amount, a sudden profit or gain noun
- Churlish
- lacking good manners, rude adj.
- Citadel
- a fortress that overlooks and protects a city noun
- Collaborate
- to work with, to work together verb
- Decree
- an order having the force of law, to command forcefully noun
- Discordant
- disagreeable in sound, conflicting adj.
- Evolve
- to develop gradually, to rise to a higher level verb
- Excerpt
- a passage take from a book or article, to quote noun
- Grope
- to feel about hesitantly with the hands verb
- Hover
- to float or hang suspended over verb
- Jostle
- to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing verb
- Laggard
- a person who moves slowly or falls behind noun
- Plaudits
- applause, enthusiastic praise or approval noun, pl.
- Preclude
- to make impossible, prevent, shut out verb
- Revert
- to return, go back verb
- Rubble
- broken stone or brick, ruins noun
- Servile
- of or relating to a slave or servant, menial adj.
- Vigil
- a watch, especially at night noun
- Wrangle
- to quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way verb