Vocab Test1 Flashcards
A proverb or wise saying
Adage
A richness of ore in a mine something very valuable profitable or rewarding a source of wealth and prosperity a very large amount sudden profit again
Bonanza
Lacking polities In good manners lacking sensitivity difficult to work with or deal with rude
Churlish
A fortress that overlooks and protects the city any strong or commanding place
Citadel
To work with work together
Collaborate
In order having the force of law to issue such in order to command firmly or forcefully
Decree
Disagreeing in sound lacking in harmony conflicting jarring
Discordant
To develop gradually rise to a higher level
Evolve
A passage taken from a book or an article to take such a passage quote
Excerpt
To feel about hastily with hand to search blindly and uncertain
Grope
suspended over to move back-and-forth uncertainly over and around
Hover
To make forth with once pass by pushing around going to bump show brush against to compete for
Jostle
The person who moves slowly a falls behind falls behind slow to act or respond
Laggard
Applause enthusiastic praise or approval
Plaudits
To make impossible prevent shut out
Preclude
To return or go back
Revert
Broken stones or bricks ruins
Rubble
Relating to a slave be having like or suitable for a slave or service laking spirit of independence objectively submissive
Servile
To watch especially at night any period of watchful attention
Vigil
To quarrel or argue a noisy angry way to obtain by argument to herd noise I noisy quarrel
Wrangle
Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
Antics
Declared openly without shame acknowledged
Avowed
To exchange Playful remarks to tease
Banter
Giving freely generous plenty given abundantly
Bountiful
Overcrowded filled or occupied to access
Congested
Harm or loss injury damage Or disadvantage because of injury loss or damage
Detriment
Sturdy not easily worn out or destroyed lasting for a long time consumer goods use repeatedly over a series of years
Durable
Energetic willing and able to start something new showing boldness and an imagination
Enterprising
Economical avoiding waste or luxury scant poor or meager
Frugal
With extremely care or caution
Gingerly
To fill more than needed to want to feed are filled to the point of over staffing and oversupply
Glut
In a disguise under an assumed name identity the state of being disguised a person is disguise
Incognito
To make valueless to take away all force and effect
Invalidate
Described in well-known stories existing and old stories legends rather than in real life
Legendary
To cripple disfigure injure mar disfigure manipulate
Maim
To make a smallest possible to make smaller than before make the least of
Minimize
Slanting sloping not straightforward Or direct
Oblique
To change direction Or course suddenly turn aside shift for swerve
Veer
To regard with reverence look up with great respect
Venerate
Reckless heartless unjustifiable loose morals a spoiled pampered person one was very low morals
Wanton
To assign distribute into shares or portions
Allot
To bring together collect gather especially for oneself to come together assemble
Amass
Bold adventurous reckless or Darring
Audacious
Not having or using a lacking
Devoid
The choice part of a group superior
Elite
I took used to grab and hold to come to grips with Wrestle or fight with
Grapple
To deprive of strength or ability to make a legally ineligible
Incapacitate
To urge on to stare up or provoke start something incite
Instigate
Long life long duration length of life
Longevity
In very great numbers a very great number
Myriad
A point view or generally standpoint from which different things are viewed physical or mental the appearance of the eyes of various objects at a given time place or distance
Perspective
To trouble make on easy to disturb greatly to throw into confusion
Perturb
Immense extraordinary bulk size or degree
Prodigious
Connect with all relates to the matter at hand
Relevant
Extremely nervous or easily frightened shy and timid extremely cautious unstable undependable
Skittish
A rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object to fasten with the rope or chain the outer limits of strength or resources
Tether
Sounding together agreement or accord
Unison
To complete to strive for victory or superiority
Vie
Stubbornly self-will done on purpose deliberate
Willful
