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Unit One Flashcards

1
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a proverb, wise saying

A

adage

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2
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a rich mass of ore in a mine

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bonanza

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3
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something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding

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bonanza

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4
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a source of wealth or prosperity

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bonanza

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5
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a very large amount; sudden profit or gain

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bonanza

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6
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lacking politeness or good manners

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churlish

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lacking sensitivity

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churlish

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8
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difficult to work with or deal with

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churlish

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9
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rude

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churlish

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10
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a fortress that overlooks and protects a city

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citadel

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11
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any strong or commanding place

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citadel

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12
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to work with, work together

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collaborate

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13
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an order having the force of law

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decree

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14
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to issue such an order

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decree

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15
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to command firmly or forcefully

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decree

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16
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disagreeable in sound, jarring

A

discordant

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17
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lacking in harmony, conflicting

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discordant

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18
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to develop gradually

A

evolve

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19
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to rise to a higher level

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evolve

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20
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a passage taken from a book, article, etc.

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excerpt

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21
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to take such a passage

A

excerpt

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22
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to quote

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excerpt

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23
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to feel about hesitantly with the hands

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grope

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24
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to search blindly and uncertainly

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grope

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25
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to float or hang suspended over

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hover

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26
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to move back and forth uncertainly over or around

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hover

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27
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to make or force one’s way by pushing or elbowing

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jostle

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28
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to bump, shove, brush against

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jostle

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29
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to compete for

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jostle

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30
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a person who moves slowly or falls behind

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laggard

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31
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falling behind, slow to move, act, or respond

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laggard

32
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enthusiastic praise or approval

A

plaudits

33
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applause

A

plaudits

34
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to make impossible, prevent, shut out

A

preclude

35
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to return, go back

A

revert

36
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broken stone or bricks

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rubble

37
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ruins

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rubble

38
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of or relating to a slave

A

servile

39
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behaving like or suitable for a slave or a servant, menial;

A

servile

40
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lacking spirit or independence, abjectly submissive

A

servile

41
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a watch, especially at night

A

vigil

42
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any period of watchful attention

A

vigil

43
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to quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way

A

wrangle

44
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to obtain by argument

A

wrangle

45
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to herd

A

wrangle

46
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a noisy quarrel

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wrangle

47
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S for adage

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maxim, saw, aphorism

48
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S for bonanza

A

windfall

49
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S for churlish

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surly, ill-tempered

50
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S for citadel

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fort, stronghold, bulwark bastion

51
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S for collaborate

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team up, join forces

52
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S for decree

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proclamation, edict; proclaim

53
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S for discordant

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grating, shrill, different, divergent

54
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S for evolve

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unfold, emerge

55
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S for excerpt

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portion, section, extract

56
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S for grope

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fumble for, cast about for

57
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S for hover

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linger, waver, seesaw

58
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S for jostle

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push

59
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S for laggard

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slowpoke, straggler; sluggish

60
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S for plaudits

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cheers, acclaim

61
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S for preclude

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hinder, check, stop

62
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S for revert

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relapse, regress

63
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S for rubble

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wreckage, debris

64
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S for servile

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slavish, groveling, fawning

65
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S for wrangle

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squabble, bicker

66
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A for churlish

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courteous, civil, well-mannered

67
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A for collaborate

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work alone

68
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A for discordant

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harmonious, in agreement

69
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A for evolve

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wither, shrivel up, atrophy

70
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A for hover

A

soar

71
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A for laggard

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early bird; swift, speedy, prompt

72
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A for plaudits

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boos, disapproval, ridicule

73
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A for preclude

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help, promote, facilitate

74
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A for revert

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progress, advance

75
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A for servile

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masterly, overbearing

76
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A for wrangle

A

agree, concur

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