Unit 1 Vocabulary Test

 A proverb or wise saying

• bonanza
• adage
• citadel
• hover

A rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable

• churlish 
• citadel
• bonanza
• decree

Lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity 

• churlish
• grope
• decree
• evolve

To work with, work together

• jostle
• collaborate
• adage
• excerpt

A fortress that overlooks and protects a city 

• laggard
• citadel
• discordant
• laggard

An order having the force of law; to issue such an order ; to command firmly or forcefully

• citadel
• revert
• decree
• preclude

Disagreeable in sound, jarring;lacking in harmony 

• discordant
• bonanza
• collaborate
• hover

To develop gradually; to rise to a higher level 

• laggard
• citadel
• evolve
• churlish

A passage taken from a book, article, etc; to take such a passage; to quote

• plaudits
• vigil
• bonanza
• excerpt

To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly and uncertainly 

• jostle
• discordant
• grope
• adage