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Vocabulary Workshop
Unit 1-3
| words | definitions |
|---|---|
| adage | adj a proverb; wise saying |
| bonanza | n. rich mass or ore; something valuable |
| churlish | adj. lacking politeness or good manners; rude |
| citadel | n. fortress that overlooks and protects a city |
| collaborate | v. to work with |
| decree | n. an order having force of law; to command forcefully |
| discordant | adj. disagreeable in sound; lacking harmony |
| evolve | v. to deveop gradually; to rise to a higher level |
| excerpt | n. a passage taken from a book, articlev. to quote |
| grope | v. to feel hesitantly with hands; to search blindly |
| hover | v. to float or hand above; to move back and forth |
| jostle | v. to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing |
| laggard | n. a person who moves slowly or falls behind. |
| plaudits | n. applause; enthusiastic praise |
| preclude | v. to make impossible; prevent |
| revert | v. to return; go back |
| rubble | n. broken stone or bricks; ruins |
| servile | adj. of or relating to a slave; behaving like a slave or servent |
| vigil | n. a watch, especially at night; any period of watchfull attention |
| wrangle | v. to quarrel or argue in a noisy way; to herd |
| antics | n. ridiculous and unpredictible behavior |
| avowed | adj. declared openly and without shame |
| banter | v. to exchange playful remarks |
| bountiful | adj. giving freely; generous; plentiful |
| congested | adj. overcrowded; filled or occupied |
| detriment | harm or loss; injury |
| durable | adj. sturdy; not easily worn out or destroyed |
| durable | consumer goods used repeatedly over a period of years. |
| enterprising | adj energetic; willing and able to start something new |
| frugal | adj. economical; avoiding waste and luxury |
| gingerly | adj. with extreme care or caution |
| glut | v. to provide more than is needed or wanted; an oversupply |
| incognito | adj. in a disguised state, under an assumed name |
| invalidate | v. to make valueless; take away all force or effect |
| legendary | adj. described in well-known stories; exsisting in old stories and legends rather than real life. |
| maim | v. to cripple, disable, injure, mar |
| minimize | v. to make as small as possible; make the least of |
| oblique | adj. slanting or sloping; not straightforward |
| veer | v. to change direction or course suddenly; turn aside |
| venerate | v. to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect |
| wanton | adj. reckless; heartless; unjustifiable |
| wanton | n. a spoiled pampered person; one with low morals |
| allot | v. to assign or distribute in shares or portions |
| amass | v. to bring together; collect; gather especially for oneself |
| audacious | adj. bold; adventurous |
| comply | v. to yield to a request or command |
| devoid | adj. not having or using; lacking |
| elite | n. the choice part of a group or people or things; superior |
| grapple | n. an iron hook used to grab or hold |
| grapple | v. to come to grips with; wrestle or fight with |
| incapacitate | v. to deprive of strengthor ability; to make legally ineligible |
| instigate | v. to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start |
| longevity | n. long life, long duration |
| myriad | adj. in very great numbers |
| perspective | n. a point of view or general standpointfrom which different things are viewed |
| perturb | v. to trouble, to make uneasy |
| prodigious | adj. immense; extrodinary in |
| relevant | adj. connected with or related to the matter at hand |
| skittish | adj. extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or mild |
| tether | n a rope or chain used to fasten something |
| unison | n. a sounding together; agreement |
| vie | v. to compete; to strive for victory |
| willfull | adj. stubbornly self-w3illed; done on purpose, deliberate |
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