Vocabulary Unit 1 Set A

Question 1

A proverb, wise saying

Answer 1

Adage

Question 2

A fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place.

Answer 2

Citadel

Question 3

An order having the force of law; to issue such an order; to command firmly or forcefully.

Answer 3

Decree

Question 4

Disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony

Answer 4

Discordant

Question 5

To develop gradually; to rise to a higher level

Answer 5

Evolve

Question 6

To float or hang suspended over; to move back and forth uncertainty over or around

Answer 6

Hover

Question 7

To make impossible, prevent, shut out

Answer 7

Preclude

Question 8

Brocken stone or bricks; ruins

Answer 8

Rubble

Question 9

Of or relating to a slave; behaving like or suitable for a slave or a servant, mental; lacking spirit or independence; abjectly submissive

Answer 9

Serville

Question 10

To quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way; to obtain argument; to herd a noisy quarrel

Answer 10

Wrangle