Unit 1 Vocabulary - Miskinis

a rich mass or ore in a mine; something very valuable; a very large amount

• laggard

• jostle

• bonanza

• plaudits

Match the following

• excperpt

• a passage from a book

• grope

• push, elbow, bump

• churlish

• to feel around

• jostle

• Lack of manners

• collaborate

• work together

A person who moves slowly or falls behind is called a

• laggard

• revert

• vigil

• bonanza

Another word for Plaudits is

People may hold a candle light __________ to honor someone's life.

• revert

• vigil

• adage

• citadel

Match the following

• evolve

• to develop gradually

• discordant

• a fortress that protects a city

• hover

• an order having the force of law

• citadel

• to float or hang

• decree

• disagreeable sound

To make impossible; prevent; shut out

• decree

• bonanza

• citadel

• preclude

A quarrel or argument

• wrangle

• servile

• evolve

• excerpt

Behaving like a servant

• servile

• adage

• citadel

• wrangle

Ruins; Broken stone or bricks

• decree

• evolve

• rubble

• hover