Shane's Vocab

Question 1

Adage (n)

Answer 1

Proverb or wise saying

Question 2

Bonanza (n)

Answer 2

Something valuable, profitable or rewarding

Question 3

Churlish (adj)

Answer 3

Lacking politeness or good manners, lacking sensitivity, difficult to deal with

Question 4

citadel

Answer 4

A fortress that overlooks or protects the city

Question 5

collaborate

Answer 5

to work with

Question 6

decree (n, v)

Answer 6

An order having the force or a law, to issue such an order

Question 7

discordant (adj)

Answer 7

Disagreeable in sound

Question 8

evolve (v)

Answer 8

to develop

Question 9

excerpt (n, v)

Answer 9

Passage taken from an article, or book, to take such passage

Question 10

grope (v)

Answer 10

to feel hesitantly with the hands, to search blindly and uncertain

Question 11

hover (v)

Answer 11

to float or hang, suspend over

Question 12

jostle (v)

Answer 12

to make or force one’s way by pushing or elbowing

Question 13

laggard (n, adj)

Answer 13

a person who moves slowly, falling behind

Question 14

plaudits (n)

Answer 14

applause

Question 15

preclude (V)

Answer 15

to make impossible

Question 16

revert (v)

Answer 16

to return or go back

Question 17

rubble (n)

Answer 17

broken stone or bricks

Question 18

servile (adj)

Answer 18

of or relating to a slave, suitable for a slave

Question 19

vigil (n)

Answer 19

a watch, especially at night

Question 20

wrangle (v, n)

Answer 20

to quarrel or argue in an angry way, a noisy quarrel