Unit 1 Vocab- 8

Adage

• a proverb, wise saying

• a fortress that overlooks and protects a city

• an order having the force of law

• to work with, work together

bonanza

• something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding

• to work with, work together

• lacking politeness

• a proverb, wise saying

churlish

• to float or hang suspended over

• to return, go back

• lacking politeness or good manners

• to quarrel or argue in a noisy way

citadel

• an order having the force of law

• a fortress that overlooks ad protects a city

• to feel about hesitantly with the hands

• broken stone or bricks

collaborate

• to work with, work together

• lacking politeness or good manners

• a proverb, wise saying

• a rich mass of ore in a mine

decree

• to develop gradually

• to make or force ones way by pushing or elbowing

• a watch, especially at night

• an order having the force of law

discordant

• a passage taken from a book

• to return, go back

• disagreeable in sound, jarring

• a person who moves slowly or falls behind

evolve

• to feel about hesitantly with the hands

• to float or hang suspended over

• to make impossible, prevent, shut out

• to develop gradually, to rise to a higher level

excerpt

• a passage taken from a book, article, etc.

• to make impossible, shut out, prevent

• a person who moves slowly or falls behind

• to work with, work together

grope

• broken stone or bricks, ruins

• to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing

• to feel about hesitantly with the hands, to search blindly and uncertainly

• a passage taken from a book, article, etc.