Vocabulary Unit 1

(n) a proverb, wise saying

• excerpt

• bonanza

• decree

• adage

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

• wrangle

• churlish

• servile

• citadel

(n) a passage taken from a book, article, etc. (V) to take such a passage; to quote

• plaudits

• hover

• rubble

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(adj) disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony

• churlish

• servile

• discordant

• laggard

(v) to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing

• laggard

• wrangle

• jostle

• servile

(n) a rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable

• bonanza

• excerpt

• citadel

• plaudits

(v) to feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly and uncertainly

• grope

• wrangle

• preclude

• jostle

(adj) lacking politeness or good manners

• discordant

• servile

• churlish

• collaborate

(v) to develop gradually; to rise to a higher level

• evolve

• wrangle

• grope

• revert

(v) to return, go back

• excerpt

• laggard

• plaudits

• revert