Flashcards in Unit One Deck (76)
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a proverb, wise saying
adage
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a rich mass of ore in a mine
bonanza
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something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding
bonanza
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a source of wealth or prosperity
bonanza
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a very large amount; sudden profit or gain
bonanza
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lacking politeness or good manners
churlish
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lacking sensitivity
churlish
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difficult to work with or deal with
churlish
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rude
churlish
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a fortress that overlooks and protects a city
citadel
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any strong or commanding place
citadel
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to work with, work together
collaborate
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an order having the force of law
decree
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to issue such an order
decree
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to command firmly or forcefully
decree
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disagreeable in sound, jarring
discordant
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lacking in harmony, conflicting
discordant
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to develop gradually
evolve
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to rise to a higher level
evolve
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a passage taken from a book, article, etc.
excerpt
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to take such a passage
excerpt
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to quote
excerpt
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to feel about hesitantly with the hands
grope
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to search blindly and uncertainly
grope
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to float or hang suspended over
hover
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to move back and forth uncertainly over or around
hover
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to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing
jostle
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to bump, shove, brush against
jostle
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to compete for
jostle
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a person who moves slowly or falls behind
laggard
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falling behind, slow to move, act, or respond
laggard
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enthusiastic praise or approval
plaudits
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applause
plaudits
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to make impossible, prevent, shut out
preclude
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to return, go back
revert
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broken stone or bricks
rubble
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ruins
rubble
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of or relating to a slave
servile
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behaving like or suitable for a slave or a servant, menial;
servile
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lacking spirit or independence, abjectly submissive
servile
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a watch, especially at night
vigil
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any period of watchful attention
vigil
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to quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way
wrangle
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to obtain by argument
wrangle
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to herd
wrangle
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a noisy quarrel
wrangle
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S for adage
maxim, saw, aphorism
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S for bonanza
windfall
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S for churlish
surly, ill-tempered
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S for citadel
fort, stronghold, bulwark bastion
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S for collaborate
team up, join forces
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S for decree
proclamation, edict; proclaim
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S for discordant
grating, shrill, different, divergent
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S for evolve
unfold, emerge
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S for excerpt
portion, section, extract
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S for grope
fumble for, cast about for
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S for hover
linger, waver, seesaw
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S for jostle
push
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S for laggard
slowpoke, straggler; sluggish
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S for plaudits
cheers, acclaim
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S for preclude
hinder, check, stop
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S for revert
relapse, regress
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S for rubble
wreckage, debris
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S for servile
slavish, groveling, fawning
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S for wrangle
squabble, bicker
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A for churlish
courteous, civil, well-mannered
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A for collaborate
work alone
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A for discordant
harmonious, in agreement
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A for evolve
wither, shrivel up, atrophy
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A for hover
soar
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A for laggard
early bird; swift, speedy, prompt
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A for plaudits
boos, disapproval, ridicule
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A for preclude
help, promote, facilitate
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A for revert
progress, advance
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A for servile
masterly, overbearing
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