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Vocab review 1-3
60 words from units 1-3
Question | Answer |
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a proverb, wise saying | adage |
a windfall, sudden profit or gain | bonanza |
rude, lacking politeness | churlish |
fortress | citadel |
work together | collaborate |
spoken word of law, proclamation | decree |
lacking harmony, conflicting | discordant |
develop gradually, emerge | evolve |
a passage taken from a book | excerpt |
to search blindly & uncertainly with your hands | grope |
float or hang suspended over, linger | hover |
push, force your way into a space by pushing or elbowing | jostle |
a slow person | laggard |
applause, enthusiastic praise or approval | plaudits |
to make impossible | preclude |
return, go back | revert |
broken bricks or stones, wreckage, debris | rubble |
slavish, groveling, fawning | servile |
a watch, especially at night | vigil |
quarrel | wrangle |
ridiculous behavior, pranks | antics |
declared openly, admitted | avowed |
exchange playful remarks, tease, joke | banter |
plentiful | bountiful |
overcrowded | congested |
damage, a disadvantage | detriment |
sturdy, not easily worn out | durable |
energetic, willing to start something new | enterprising |
economical, thrifty | frugal |
with extreme care or caution | gingerly |
an oversupply, surplus | glut |
in a disguised state | incognito |
to make valueless, cancel, annul | invalidate |
mythical, famous | legendary |
cripple, mutilate | maim |
to make as small as possible | minimize |
slanting, diagonal | oblique |
to change directions suddenly | veer |
to look up to with great respect | venerate |
reckless, heartless | wanton |
to assign or distribute | allot |
to bring together, collect | amass |
bold, adventurous | audacious |
to yield to a request | comply |
not having or using | devoid |
superior | elite |
to wrestle with, tackle | grapple |
disable, deprive of strength or ability | incapacitate |
to urge on, provoke, stir up | instigate |
long life | longevity |
in very great numbers, countless | myriad |
point-of-view | perspective |
upset, irritate, anger | perturb |
immense, extraordinary in size or degree | prodigious |
nervous, jumpy | skittish |
to fasten a rope or chain | tether |
agreement, assent, harmony | unison |
to compete | vie |
stubborn, headstrong | willful |