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Vocab Unit 1
Words and definitions from Unit 1
| Definition | Answer |
|---|---|
| work considered degrading or menial | Servile |
| time spent doing something through the night | vigil |
| to be unable to decide between two things | hover |
| to exclude someone or something | preclude |
| to push, bump or be rough with on purpose | jostle |
| in disagreement or incompatible | discordant |
| a ruling, command or verdict | decree |
| to argue angrily and persistently | wrangle |
| the eve of some festivals and holydays | vigil |
| regress; return to something | revert |
| rough unfinished stones | rubble |
| to stay near a particular point | hover |
| an extremely valuable mineral deposite | bonanza |
| description of someone with bad manners | churlish |
| to give off heat, gas, vapor | evolve |
| to search for something blindly | grope |
| to herd animals or things | wrangle |
| a group that strongly defends a certain principle or way of life | citadel |
| a saying or motto | adage |
| submissive, passive, obedient | servile |
| to work with another person or group to achieve something | collaborate |
| a fortress castle or refuge | citadel |
| surly, sullen, or impolite | discordant |
| to change, grow, or progress | evolve |