Vocabulary Quiz

What term matches the definition of 'work jointly on an activity'?

• plaudits

• revert

• collaborate

• vigil

What term matches the definition of 'praise'?

• congested

• enterprising

• gingerly

• plaudits

What term matches the definition of 'a mass of broken pieces of something'?

• frugal

• invalidate

• legendary

• rubble

What term matches the definition of 'push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd'?

• preclude

• rubble

• servile

• jostle

What term matches the definition of 'keep hovering in one place'?

• veer

• wanton

• antics

• hover

What term matches the definition of 'a rich mass of ore in a mine'?

• bonanza

• churlish

• collaborate

• excerpt

What term matches the definition of 'prevent from happening; make impossible'?

• banter

• detriment

• durable

• preclude

What term matches the definition of 'a passage or segment taken from a longer work'?

• adage

• citadel

• decree

• excerpt

What term matches the definition of 'rude in a mean-spirited and surly way'?

• grope

• jostle

• laggard

• churlish

What term matches the definition of 'having or showing an extreme greed for food'?

• maim

• oblique

• venerate

• glut