Vocab Units 1,2, and 3
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- a proverb
- adage
- windfall
-
bonanza
- rude; ill-tempered
- churlish
- a fortress
- citadel
- to work with
- collaborate
- an order having the force of law
- decree
- disagreeable
- discordant
- to develop gradually
- evolve
- a passage taken from a book
- excerpt
- to feel about hesitantly
- grope
- to float or hang suspended over
- hover
- push
- jostle
- slowpoke
- laggard
- applause
- plaudits
- to make impossible; shut out
- preclude
- to return, go back
- revert
- broken stone
- rubble
- of or relating to a slave
- servile
- a watch
- vigil
- to quarrel
-
wrangle
- ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
- antics
- declared openly
- avowed
- to exchange playful remarks, tease
- banter
- giving freely, generous
- bountiful
- overcrowded
- congested
- harm or loss
- detriment
- sturdy
- durable
- energetic, willing and able to start something new
- enterprising
- economical, avoiding waste and luxury
- frugal
- with extreme care or caution
- gingerly
- to provide more than is needed or wanted
- glut
- in a disguised state
- incognito
- to make valueless, take away all force or effect
- invalidate
- described in well-known stories, famous, celebrated
- legendary
- to cripple, disable
- maim
- to make as small as possible
- minimize
- slanting or sloping
- oblique
- to change direction or course suddenly
- veer
- to regard with reverence
- venerate
- reckless, heartless
- wanton
- to assign or distribute in shares or portions
- allot
- to bring together, collect, gather
- amass
- bold, adventurous
- audacious
- to yield to a request or command
- comply
- not having or using, lacking
- devoid
- the choice part of a group of people or things, superior
- elite
- an iron hook used to grab and hold; to come to grips with
- grapple
- to deprive of strength or ability
- incapacitate
- to urge on, start
- instigate
- long life
- longevity
- in very great number
- myriad
- a point of view
- perspective
- to trouble, make uneasy
- perturb
- immense
- prodigious
- connected with or related to the matter at hand
- relevant
- extremely nervous and easily frightened
- skittish
- a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object
- tether
- a sounding together; agreement or accord
- unison
- to compete
- vie
- stubbornly self-willed
- willful