Vocab unit 1
Terms
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- revert
- to return, go back
- churlish
- not polite, rude
- adage
- a proverb, wise saying
- wrangle
- to argue in a noisy, angry way, a noisy quarrel
- citadel
- a fortress that overlooks a city
- jostle
- to bump or shove
- discordant
- disagreeable in sound, lacking in harmony
- preclude
- make impossible
- servile
- relating to a slave
- excerpt
- a passage from a book, to take such a passage
- collaborate
- work together or team up
- hover
- to stay suspended in mid air
- bonanza
- something very valuable or a large amount
- plaudits
- applause
- evolve
- to develop gradually
- vigil
- a watch, especially at night
- rubble
- broken stones or bricks
- decree
- order with force of law, to issue such an order
- laggard
- a person that moves slowly, to stay behind
- grope
- to search blindly with the hands