8th Vocab: Unit 1

The discordant noises came bellowing out of the Chorus classroom.  Discordant means:

• to develop gradually
• to float or hang suspended
• lacking in harmony

A passage taken from a book, article

• adage
• citadel
• excerpt
• bonanza

To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly

• revert
• jostle
• collaborate
• grope

Authors hope that their notes, descriptions, and character sketches will ________________into a successful book.

• collaborate

• evolve

• invalidate

• perspective

The king issued a royal ________________ which banned the celebration of all holidays in his kingdom.

• vigil

• decree

• excerpt

• citadel

The student was rude and lacking in manners.  A word to describe the student is:

• plaudits
• churlish
• servile
• grope

Something very profitable, or rewarding

• plaudits
• citadel
• adage
• bonanza

After the walls of their city fell to the enemy, the inhabitants withdrew to the citadel and continued the struggle from there. Based on context, citadel most likely means... 

• proclamation, edict
• boos, disproval, ridicule
• fort, stronghold, bulwark, bastion
• wreckage, debris

Our teacher gave the two of us permission to collaborate on our reports because we were investigating related problems. Based on context, collaborate most likely means... 

• work alone
• unfold ,emerge
• portion, section, extract
• team up, join forces

What is the exact wording of the adage about early birds and worm-catching? Based on context, adage most likely means...

• maxim, saw, aphorism, well-known saying

• windfall

• fort, stronghold, bulwark, bastion

• cheers, acclaim