Vocab Quiz 5 review

Lacking politeness or good manners; difficult to work or deal with; rude

• churlish

• adage

• jostle

• citadel

a watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention

• servile

• vigil

• revert

• preclude

a person who moves slowly or falls behind; falling behind; slow to move, act, or respond

• evolve

• decree

• excerpt

• laggard

a rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; a source of wealth or prosperity; a very large amount; sudden profit or gain

• grope

• decree

• bonanza

• laggard

to quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way; to obtain by argument; to herd; a noisy quarrel

• excerpt

• grope

• citadel

• wrangle

of or relating to a servant; behaving like or suitable for a servant, menial; lacking spirit or independence, abjectly submissive

• decree

• servile

• evolve

• churlish

broken stone or bricks; ruins

• jostle

• rubble

• collaborate

• adage

to make impossible, prevent, shut out

• preclude

• discordant

• revert

• grope

to float or hang suspended over; to move back and forth uncertainly over or around

• vigil

• hover

• evolve

• laggard

to develop gradually; to rise to a higher level

• bonanza

• plaudits

• evolve

• decree