Unit 8: Set 1

Preclude

• churlish
• (adj) Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
• precluded
• (v) Prevent from happening; make impossible.

Evolve

• (v) Develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
• precluded
• evolved
• (adj) Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

Vigil

• churlish
• (v) Return to a previous state, practice, topic, etc...
• (n) A period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray.
• precluded

Revert

• (adj) Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
• (n) A period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray.
• (v) Return to a previous state, practice, topic, etc...
• precluded

Churlish

• (adj) Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
• churlish
• evolved
• precluded

"It seems ___________ to complain."

• churlish
• (v) Prevent from happening; make impossible.
• (adj) Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
• evolved

"He ____________ to his native language."

• vigil
• (v) Develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
• (v) Return to a previous state, practice, topic, etc...
• reverted

"My birdwatching _______________ lasted for hours."

• evolved
• (v) Return to a previous state, practice, topic, etc...
• churlish
• vigil

"The company has ______________ into a major chemical manufacturer."

• (v) Develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
• evolved
• precluded
• reverted

"The secret nature of his work ____________ official recognition."

• churlish
• reverted
• vigil
• precluded