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Vocab Level C Unit 1
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8th Grade
06/08/2008

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Adage
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a Provrb or wise saying

 

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Bonanza
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1.a rich mass of ore, as found in mining.
2.a source of great and sudden wealth; a very lage amount
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Churlish
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1. lacking polietness or rude

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Citadel
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a fortress that protecting a city or any strong commanding place

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Collaborate
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to work, or work together
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Decree
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N. Order having a force of law

 

V. to issue an order or command formly

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discordant
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Adj. disagrable is sound or conflictant
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Evolve
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V. to develop gradually or rise to a higher level
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Excerpt
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N.  a passage from a book, articel or the life

 

V. to select for quote

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Grope
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V. to feel hesitanly with the hands or to serach uncertianly
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Hover
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V. to float or hang over or move back and forth uncertianly
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Jostle
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V. to make ones way by pushing, to bump against and to vive for
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Laggard
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N. a person who moves slowly

 

Adj. Fallen behind or slow to respond

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Plaudits
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N. applase or entushasitc praise
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Preclude
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V. to make impossible, prevent or shut out.
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Revert
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V. to preturd or turn back
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Rubble
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N. broken stone or bricks, ruins

 

 

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Servile
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Adj. relating to a slave, behaving like a servent, lacking spirit, apgectly submissive
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Vigil
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N. a watch especcially at night, or any period of watchfull attention
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Wrangle
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V. to qural in a noisly way, to obtain by arrgument or to head

 

N. a noisy qural

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