Vocab unit 1 scalera

Question 1

Adage, adages

Answer 1

(n) a proverb; wise saying, maximum

Question 2

Bonanza, bonanzas

Answer 2

(n) a rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; windfall

Question 3

Churlish, churlishness, churlishly

Answer 3

(adj) lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with; rude; childish; surly

Question 4

Citadel, citadels

Answer 4

(n) a fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place; fort

Question 5

Collaborate (+ with), collaborates, collaborated, collaborating, collaboration, collaborative

Answer 5

(v) to work with; to work together; to team up

Question 6

Decree, decrees, decreed, decreeing

Answer 6

(n) an order having the force of law; proclamation
(v) to issue an order or command firmly or forcefully; to proclaim

Question 7

Discordant, discord, discordance, discordantly

Answer 7

(adj) disagreeable in sound; jarring; lacking in harmony; grating

Question 8

Evolve (+ from/+into), evolves, evolved, evolving, evolution

Answer 8

(v) to develop gradually; to rise to a higher level; to unfold

Question 9

Excerpt (+from when it’s a verb), excerpts, excerpted, excerpting

Answer 9

(n) a passage taken from a book or article; a portion
(v) to take a passage from a. Book or an article; to extract

Question 10

Grope, gropes, groped, groping

Answer 10

(v) to feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly and with uncertainty; to fumble for

Question 11

Hover (+ over), hovers, hovered, hovering

Answer 11

(v) to float or hang suspended over; to move back and forth over and around; to linger

Question 12

Jostle (sometimes followed by with), Jostles, jostled, jostling, jostler

Answer 12

(v) to make or force one’s way by pushing or elbowing; to bump or rush against; to compete for

Question 13

Laggard, laggards, laggardly

Answer 13

(n) a person who moves slowly or falls behind; slowpoke
(adj) falling behind; slow to move, act, or respond; sluggish

Question 14

Plaudits (cannot be changed)

Answer 14

(n) applause; enthusiastic praise or approval; cheers

Question 15

Preclude (+ from), precludes, precluded, precluding

Answer 15

(v) to make impossible; prevent; shut out; hinder

Question 16

Revert (do not follow with “ back”) Reverts, reverted, reverting

Answer 16

(v) to return; to go back; to relapse

Question 17

Rubble (cannot be plural)

Answer 17

(n) broken stones or bricks; ruins; wreckage

Question 18

Servile, servility, servilely

Answer 18

(adj) for relating to a slave or servant; menial; inferior

Question 19

Vigil, vigils, vigilant

Answer 19

(n) a watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention; a ceremony in tribute

Question 20

Wrangle, wrangles, wrangled, wrangling, wrangler

Answer 20

(v) to quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way; to squabble; to bicker
(n) a noisy quarrel