Unit One Flashcards by Jillian Gamble | Brainscape

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A rich source of profit

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Bonanza

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Well known proverb

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Adage

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Rude or surely; bad tempered

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Churlish

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Strong safe place

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Citadel

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Work together

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Collaborate

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Something ordered or settled by authority

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Decree

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Not in agreement

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Discordant

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Develop gradually

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Evolve

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Passage taken out of a book

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Excerpt

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Feel about with hands

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Grope

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To remain suspended over a place or object

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Hover

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Shove, push, or crowd

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Jostle

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Person who moves slowly or falls behind

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Laggard

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Round of applause

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Plaudits

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Shutout or make impossible

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Preclude

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To return to a former habit, practice, belief, or condition

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Revert

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Broken bits of anything

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Rubble

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Passive

Giving in

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Servile

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Wakefulness during normal sleeping hours

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Vigil

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Argue or dispute

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Wrangle