Unit 1 vocab
Unit 1 vocab for Ms.Robert's English class.
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- Decree
- to officially declare
- Preclude
- keep from happening or arising
- Wrangle
- to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
- Hover
- to hang suspended in the air
- Plaudits
- enthusiastic approval
- Grope
- to feel around in the dark
- Churlish
- rude
- Laggard
- someone who takes more time than necessary
- Jostle
- come into rough contact with while moving
- Vigil
- a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- Collaborate
- to work together
- Excerpt
- a passage selected from a larger work
- Citadel
- a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- Bonanza
- source of sudden and great wealth
- Rubble
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- Discordant
- not in agreement or harmony
- Revert
- to go back
- Adage
- wise saying
- Evolve
- to change over time
- Servile
- submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior