Vocabulary Units 1-3 Test - Level C - Test A

What is the definition of adage?

• a proverb, wise saying

• lacking politeness or good manners

• to work with, work together

• disagreeable in sound, jarring

What is the definition of churlish?

• to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing

• lacking politeness or good manners

• to quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way; to obtain by argument; to herd; (n.) a noisy quarrel

• declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

What is the definition of collaborate?

• 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

• energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

• to work with, work together

• disagreeable in sound, jarring

What is the definition of discordant?

• energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

• harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage

• to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing

• disagreeable in sound, jarring

What is the definition of excerpt?

• to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible

• to return, go back

• to assign or distribute in shares or portions

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

What is the definition of hover?

• energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

• economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager

• to work with, work together

• to float or hang suspended over

What is the definition of laggard?

• a person who moves slowly or falls behind

• with extreme care or caution

• to work with, work together

• disagreeable in sound, jarring

What is the definition of preclude?

• (n.) an order having the force of law; (v.) to issue such an order; to command firmly or forcefully

• (n.) 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

• to make impossible, prevent, shut out

• disagreeable in sound, jarring

What is the definition of rubble?

• immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

• broken stone or bricks; ruins

• to work with, work together

• long life, long duration, length of life

What is the definition of vigil?

• to develop gradually; to rise to a higher level

• to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing; to bump, shove, brush against; to compete for

• a watch, especially at night

• immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree