Vocab Level C Unit 1 Flashcards by Steven penn | Brainscape

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Bonanza

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Rich mass of ore in a mine

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Adage

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A well known proverb

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Churlish

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Rude or surely bad tempered

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Citadel

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Strongly fortified place

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Collaborate

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Work together

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Decree

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Something ordered or settled by authority

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Discordant

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No in agreement, differing

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Evolve

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Change gradually over time

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Excerpt

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Passage taken out of book

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Grope

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Feel about with hand

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Hover

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To remain suspended over a place

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Jostle

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Shove push

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Laggard

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Person who moved slowly

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Plaudits

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Round of applause

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Preclude

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Shut out make impossible

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Revert

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To return to former habit

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Rubble

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Broken to bits

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Servile

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Slavishly submissive or obsequious

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Vigil

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Wakefulness maintained for any reason

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Wrangle

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To argue or dispute