Vocabulary Unit 1
adage
• wise saying, proverb
Early to bed and early to
rise, makes a man
healthy, wealthy, and
wise.
bonanza
• Wealth or prosperity
• A sudden gain
churlish
• Lacking politeness, sensitivity, or manners
• Childish
citadel
• A fortress over a city
collaborate
• To work together
decree
• An order to do with the law
discordant
• disagreeable in sound
• lacking in harmony
evolve
• To develop gradually
excerpt
• a passage taken from a book or article
grope
• To feel about with hands, to search blindly
hover
• To float or hang suspended over
jostle
• To push or elbow, to brush against
laggard
• A person who moves slowly or falls behind
plaudits
• applause
preclude
• To prevent or shut out
revert
• To return or to go back
rubble
• Ruins
• Broken stone and sticks
servile
• Suitable for a slave;
• Menial
vigil
• Any period of watchful attention
wrangle
• To quarrel or argue in a noisy way