Vocabulary Unit 1 Sentences

Unlike an airplane, a helicopter can ________ over one spot for a period of time.

• churlish

• laggard

• preclude

• hover

The robbers could not break into the _________ because it was heavily guarded by knights and soldiers.

• bonanza

• adage

• citadel

• plaudits

The military general received many _________for his major victory in the battle.

• plaudits

• jostle

• wrangling

• servile

Her boss ___________________ her from leaving early by holding a mandatory meeting.

• wrangled

• precluded

• decreed

• vigiled

The jealous girlfriend _____________ over her boyfriend's phone to see who he was texting. It was only his mom.

• hovered

• discordantly

• evolved

• groped

The __________ protected the town from an attack by the neighboring kingdom.

• adage

• jostle

• citadel

• rubble

The stop sign at the end of a road is meant to ____________ any car accidents.

• jostle

• wrangle

• preclude

• collaborate

I was playing Pokemon Go so much that over time I was able to __________ my Snorlax.

• collaborate

• vigil

• evolve

• churlish

A caterpillar will ______ into a butterfly after a few months.

• servile

• discordant

• evolve

• decree

My mom's necklace would be a(n) ____________ if she ever traded it in for money.

• vigil

• adage

• bonanza

• excerpt